
The Navy is planning to conduct a hypersonic missile test launch off the USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000) by December 2025, an official said recently. “So timeline-wise…we’re supposed to do a test shot no later than December of ‘25 is the expectation. In order to make that happen, part of it is good old [Surface Warfare Officer] micromanagement. There are no less than five captains involved in making sure this happens,” Capt. Tyson Young, program manager at Program Executive Office for the…