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DARPA Flight Tests Raytheon, Northrop Grumman’s Hypersonic Air-Breathing Weapon For First Time

By Matthew Beinart

Monday, September 27th, 2021

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DARPA Flight Tests Raytheon, Northrop Grumman’s Hypersonic Air-Breathing Weapon For First Time

Artist rendering of scramjet-powered hypersonic tactical missile being developed by Raytheon and Northrop Grumman. (Rendering by Northrop Grumman and Raytheon)

DARPA and the Air Force have completed a successful first flight test of Raytheon Technologies [RTX] and Northrop Grumman’s [NOC] Hypersonic Air-Breathing Weapon Concept (HAWC), demonstrating capability to reach above Mach 5 speed, or five times faster than the speed of sound. The free flight test of Raytheon’s missile and Northrop Grumman’s scramjet engine took place last week, and was described as a critical step toward validating HAWC’s ability to reach hypersonic speeds as the Pentagon assesses transitioning the effort…

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