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AFMC Commander: Hypersonic Development Efforts Not Waylaid by COVID-19

Frank Wolfe

Wednesday, July 1st, 2020

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AFMC Commander: Hypersonic Development Efforts Not Waylaid by COVID-19

A B-52 out flying out of Edwards AFB, Calif. carries a prototype AGM-183A for its first captive carry flight on June 12 last year (U.S. Air Force photo)

The commander of Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) said on July 1 that AFMC's hypersonic development efforts are proceeding as a high priority effort despite the operational hurdles of the COVID-19 environment. "As we went into COVID, we started prioritizing missions that we needed to keep on track to move out and keep going because there were some things based on the limited numbers I could bring into some of the facilities for test, some of the things that we've…

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