Hypersonic Weapons Make Big Gains In Biden Budget

Steve Trimble June 04, 2021
test firing of solid rocket motor
Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman completed a test firing of the solid rocket motor for the Army LRHW and Navy CPS missiles.
Credit: Lockheed Martin
Hypersonic cruise missiles would graduate to the prototyping phase and hypersonic-glide-vehicle-tipped missiles would pass into production if Congress approves the Defense Department’s newly unveiled fiscal 2022 budget proposal. The U.S. military lacks the Chinese and Russian arsenals of operational...
Steve Trimble

Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington DC.

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