Air-launched Blackbeard Missile Shown In Flight Testing

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An air-launched Blackbeard missile in flight testing.

Credit: U.S. Navy via X.com
An air-launched version of the hypersonic Castelion Blackbeard strike missile has reached the stage of at least captive carry testing on the Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornet. A video released on Sept. 25 by the U.S. Navy’s program acquisition executive for aviation (PAE-Aviation) shows the two-stage...
Steve Trimble

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

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