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Army

Army, Navy To Test Hypersonic Glide Vehicle

By Marc Selinger

Tuesday, August 23rd, 2016

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Army, Navy To Test Hypersonic Glide Vehicle

SMDC/ARSTRAT

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – The U.S. Army and Navy are teaming up to test a hypersonic glide vehicle next year, according to an Army official.The “offensive weapon technology” is part of the Department of Defense’s Conventional Prompt Global Strike demonstration program, said Julie Schumacher, deputy to the commander of Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command (SMDC/ARSTRAT).According to DOD’s fiscal 2017 budget request, hypersonic glide experiments “could lead to a system with the following characteristics: effects on targets in…

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