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Army

Army Finalizing Hypersonic Weapon Prototype Plans For FY ’20 Flight Test, Initial Fielding In 2023

By Matthew Beinart

Thursday, April 25th, 2019

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Army Finalizing Hypersonic Weapon Prototype Plans For FY ’20 Flight Test, Initial Fielding In 2023

LTG Neil Thurgood, director of the Army's hypersonic project office

The Army has moved its land-based hypersonic missile program into experimental prototyping with a focus this year on finalizing launcher and command and control system decisions ahead of a first flight test in fiscal year 2020 and initial fielding in 2023, according to the program’s lead official. Lt. Gen. Neil Thurgood, director of the Army hypersonic project office, told Defense Daily on Thursday his team is currently working through selecting existing trucks and C2 systems that will be modified for…

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