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Navy Seeks $3.6 Billion For 64 Hypersonic Weapons In Next Five Years

Thursday, March 23rd, 2023

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Navy Seeks $3.6 Billion For 64 Hypersonic Weapons In Next Five Years

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 Navy’s FY ‘24 budget request revealed the service’s plans to procure 64 hypersonic weapon rounds for $3.6 billion over the next five years. The Navy is starting with seeking $341 million to buy eight all-up rounds of what it called the Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS) weapon in FY ‘24, according to details of the Navy’s budget justification documents released recently. The first eight will be followed by 10 more for $441 million in 2025, 11 for $663.4 million in…

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