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Air Force

DARPA Awards Hypersonic Weapon Contract to Raytheon

By Vivienne Machi

Wednesday, March 6th, 2019

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DARPA Awards Hypersonic Weapon Contract to Raytheon

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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded Raytheon [RTN] a contract to further develop the tactical boost glide (TBG) hypersonic weapon, a joint DARPA/Air Force effort, the company said March 5. Raytheon has been partnering with DARPA and the Air Force Research Laboratory for several years on TBG, a flight demonstration program that involves a rocket lifting its payload at high speeds into the atmosphere, then releasing the glide vehicle to reach Mach 5 speeds or higher upon…

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