Problems with the launcher and launch sequence of the new Long Range Hypersonic Weapon System will keep the U.S. Army from fielding its first LRHW battery until fiscal 2025, a government watchdog said ...
The U.S. Army and U.S. Navy are jointly pursuing the weapon, which includes the C-HGB (Common-Hypersonic Glide Body). The C-HGB consists of the weapon’s warhead, guidance system, cabling, and thermal ...
A Common Hypersonic Glide Body launches from Pacific Missile Range Facility, Kauai, Hawaii, during a DOD flight experiment in March 2020. (U.S. Navy) The U.S. Army is aiming for one more major test of ...
A major focus in missile development of the 21st century has been hypersonic research. Hypersonic flight is achieved when an object surpasses Mach 5 (3,836 mph), and getting it right is the Holy Grail ...
A Sandia Labs-built common hypersonic glide body launches from Pacific Missile Range Facility, Kauai, Hawaii, during a 2020 DOD flight experiment. In May 2024, an industry-manufactured version had a ...
The US Army and Navy have successfully flown its Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon system in an end-to-end test at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida with the Battery Operations Center and a ...
What Is the Army’s Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon? The Army’s Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW), with a reported range of 1,725 miles, consists of a ground-launched missile equipped with a hypersonic ...
The US Army's new hypersonic missile, Dark Eagle, could emerge from the shadows should the fragile ceasefire with Iran break down. Dark Eagle, as the Army's long-delayed Long Range Hypersonic Missile ...
Dark Eagle is a medium-range surface-to-surface hypersonic missile that is being developed for the US Army by Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman, with variants for deployment on US Navy ships and ...
Leidos lands Army hypersonic weapons production contract Combined TPS and CHGB effort aims to speed deployment Contract strengthens Leidos’ NorthStar 2030 defense strategy Leidos has secured a $2.7 ...
TACOMA, Wash. — The top general for the Army’s hypersonic weapons program says the Dark Eagle battery based at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in the Pacific Northwest will receive its first operational ...