U.S. Air Force Opens Search For Low-Cost Hypersonic Strike Missile

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The U.S. Air Force program emerges after the Navy started testing the hypersonic Castelion Blackbeard missile on a Boeing F/A-18F.

Credit: U.S. Navy
The U.S. Air Force is pursuing a new class of low-cost, mass-producible and air-launched hypersonic weapons. The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) released an open call this month for the Tactical Air-Launched Weapon Demonstrating Industrialization (Tawodi) initiative. The Oct. 9 solicitation...
Steve Trimble

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

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