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Boeing Wins Phase 2 Of DARPA Hypersonic Defense Interceptor

Monday, September 11th, 2023

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Boeing Wins Phase 2 Of DARPA Hypersonic Defense Interceptor

Concept art of DARPAS Glide Breaker counter-hypersonic weapon interceptor program. (Image: DARPA)

Boeing [BA] won a $70.5 million contract to develop and test technologies for the second phase of the Defense Advanced Research projects Agency’s (DARPA) counter-hypersonic missile interceptor program, Glide Breaker. The company said under this contract it will perform computational fluid dynamics analysis, wind tunnel testing and evaluation of aerodynamic jet interaction effects during flight tests of a prototype interceptor. The DoD contract announcement said this award includes one unexercised option and work is expected to be completed in four…

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