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Air Force

Air Force, Lockheed Laud Successful Flight Test of Hypersonic Weapon Aboard B-52

By Vivienne Machi

Monday, June 17th, 2019

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Air Force, Lockheed Laud Successful Flight Test of Hypersonic Weapon Aboard B-52

The Air Force and Lockheed Martin [LMT] have successfully flight tested components of one of the service’s future hypersonic weapons aboard a B-52 Stratofortress bomber. A sensor-only version of the AGM-183A Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) flew on a B-52 on June 12 out of Edwards Air Force Base, California, and gathered environmental and aircraft-handling data, the service said June 13. “The test gathered data on drag and vibration impacts on the weapon itself and on the external carriage equipment…

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