New Long-Term Pentagon Plan Boosts Hypersonics, But Only Prototypes

Credit: Joshua Armstrong/U.S. Air Force
Despite an accelerated and deep road map for U.S. hypersonic weapons technologies, the Defense Department’s fiscal 2020 budget request shows that the path beyond operational flight and weapons prototypes is still long and uncertain. Between six and 10 hypersonic vehicle programs—depending on how...

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