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Army

Driscoll: Army On Track To Field Hypersonic Weapon By End Of FY ‘25, Exploring Cheaper Version

By Matthew Beinart

Thursday, June 5th, 2025

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Driscoll: Army On Track To Field Hypersonic Weapon By End Of FY ‘25, Exploring Cheaper Version

The Navy and Army executed the launch of the Common Hypersonic Glide Body, part of the LRHW, in a flight experiment from the Pacific Missile Range Facility in Kauai, Hawaii in March, 2020 (U.S. Navy Photo)

The Army still anticipates fielding its first Long Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW) battery by the end of fiscal year 2025, according to the service’s civilian leader, and is exploring a cheaper version that’s “one-tenth the cost.” “One of the things we’re also excited about is we’re testing a new version of it that is one-tenth the cost and we think has even better attributes. It would be early to know whether it would work, but we’re optimistic,” Army Secretary Dan…

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