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Air Force Halts ARRW Launch Sequence During First Planned Booster Flight Test

Air Force Halts ARRW Launch Sequence During First Planned Booster Flight Test
U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. John Malloy and Staff Sgt. Jacob Puente from 912th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron secure the AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon Instrumented Measurement Vehicle 2 as it is loaded under the wing of a B-52H at Edwards AFB, Calif, last Aug. 6. The ARRW IMV-2 successfully completed a captive carry test off the southern California coast last Aug. 8 (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The U.S. Air Force halted the launch sequence for the first planned booster flight test of a prototype Lockheed Martin [LMT] AGM-183A hypersonic Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) aboard a B-52H bomber from Edwards AFB, Calif. on Apr. 5. "The Air Force had a setback in demonstrating its progress in hypersonic weapons on April 5 when its first booster vehicle flight test encountered an issue on the aircraft and did not launch," the service said on Apr. 6. The B-52H…

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