In a delayed but notable disclosure, the Pentagon on Monday confirmed that Stratolaunch has successfully conducted the first reusable hypersonic flight tests by a U.S. vehicle in more than five decades -- milestone demonstrations that occurred in December 2024 and March 2025 but remained unacknowledged by the Defense Department until now. The tests involved Stratolaunch’s Talon-A2 vehicle, a rocket-powered autonomous aircraft designed for repeated high-speed flights. Both missions began at the Mojave Air and Space Port, Mojave, CA, where Stratolaunch’s...
