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Air Force Evaluating Possible ARRW Unit Cost Increase, if House Cut Goes Through

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Air Force Evaluating Possible ARRW Unit Cost Increase, if House Cut Goes Through
A B-52H Stratofortress assigned to the 419th Flight Test Squadron undergoes pre-flight procedures at Edwards AFB, Calif. on Aug. 8, 2020. The aircraft conducted a captive-carry flight test of the AGM-183A Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon Instrumented Measurement Vehicle 2 at the Point Mugu Sea Range off the southern California coast. (U.S. Air Force photo by Giancarlo Casem)

The U.S. Air Force is evaluating a possible unit cost increase for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] AGM-183A Air Launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) and other effects that a House Appropriations Committee-recommended procurement cut to ARRW may mean, if enacted. The service requested $399 million in research and development for ARRW in fiscal 2022, including $161 million to buy the first 12 missiles (Defense Daily, May 18). ARRW is to be the nation’s first hypersonic weapon and is to achieve an “early…

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