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Army To Begin Delivering First Live Hypersonic Weapon Rounds In About Six Months, Thurgood Says

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Army To Begin Delivering First Live Hypersonic Weapon Rounds In About Six Months, Thurgood Says
The delivery of the first prototype hypersonic hardware to Soldiers of the 5th Battalion, 3rd Field Artillery Regiment, 17th Field Artillery Brigade is completed on Oct. 7, 2021, with a ceremony at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Karleshia Gater)

The Army is preparing to deliver the first live rounds for its initial hypersonic weapon battery in about six months, according to the program’s lead official. Lt. Gen. Neil Thurgood, director of the Army’s Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office, said the delivery plan keeps the service on track to meet its goal of fielding the first Long Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW) operational capability by the end of fiscal year 2023. “We start delivering those live rounds, I’ll just roughly…

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