Second Hypersonic ARRW Test Flight Misses Some Objectives

A booster rocket for the AGM-183 ARRW missile fires during a May 2021 flight test. 

Credit: U.S. Air Force
A second flight of the U.S. Air Force’s first air-launched hypersonic missile failed to meet all test objectives, the armed service said on March 24. The test on March 13 of the Lockheed Martin AGM-183 Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) “met several objectives,” the Air Force said in a short...
Steve Trimble

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

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