Industry Report Warns Of Limitations On Hypersonic Supply Base

Hypersonic weapon

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The U.S. hypersonic industrial base is not large enough to produce the number of weapons the Pentagon would need in a future war, and the Defense Department needs to show a strong enough demand signal to allow industry to get there, a top lobbying group argues in a new report. The National Defense...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Aviation Week in August 2021, he covered the Pentagon for Air Force Magazine. Brian began covering defense aviation in 2011 as a reporter for Military Times.

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