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After Delay, Army Now Aims To Field First Hypersonic Weapon Battery By End Of Year

By Matthew Beinart

Tuesday, September 19th, 2023

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After Delay, Army Now Aims To Field First Hypersonic Weapon Battery By End Of Year

The Navy and Army executed the launch of the Common Hypersonic Glide Body, part of the LRHW, in a flight experiment from the Pacific Missile Range Facility in Kauai, Hawaii in March, 2020 (U.S. Navy Photo)

The Army won’t meet its aim to field a first operational battery of its Long Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW) by the end of fiscal year 2023, with the goal now set for the end of the calendar year. Doug Bush, the Army’s top acquisition official, confirmed the update on Tuesday, which follows a canceled LRHW earlier this month that he said was due a “weapon-related” issue. “There was a flaw that triggered a ‘don’t shoot,’ basically,” Bush told reporters. “I…

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