Surface-to-air missiles have evolved into sophisticated, multi-layered defense systems capable of intercepting aircraft, ...

Today, with rising threats from stealthy cruise missiles and maneuverable hypersonic glide vehicles, missile defense has taken on a new national urgency.

Texas A&M researchers developing innovative heat shield technology stand in front of one of the hypersonics testing tunnels at the National Aerothermochemistry and Hypersonics Laboratory.