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Navy/USMC

Navy Tech Accelerator Preps Opportunity To Demo Prototype High Speed Weapons

Wednesday, August 27th, 2025

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Navy Tech Accelerator Preps Opportunity To Demo Prototype High Speed Weapons

Kratos' suite of solutions in the hypersonic and ballistic missile space include sub-orbital vehicles and tar(gets. Image: Kratos)

Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Crane Division is preparing to issue an opportunity for vendors to demonstrate prototype high speed weapons, with the goal of seeing a wide range of new hypersonic capabilities. NSWC Crane and the Test Resource Management Center (TRMC) are preparing to release the new opportunity, the Multi-Service Advanced Capability Hypersonic – Accelerator Challenge (MACH-XL), that it says is focused on “an affordable, innovative demonstration of prototype high speed weapon systems. This effort aims to showcase producible…

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