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Official: Army To Ramp Up Hypersonic Booster Tests In ‘21, First High-Powered Lasers Arriving In ‘22

By Matthew Beinart

Tuesday, July 16th, 2019

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Official: Army To Ramp Up Hypersonic Booster Tests In ‘21, First High-Powered Lasers Arriving In ‘22

Lt. Gen. Paul A. Ostrowski, Military Deputy/Director, Army Acquisition Corps, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics and Technology). Photo: U.S. Army.

The Army will roll out initial capabilities for both its 50 and 100-kilowatt laser programs in 2022 as well as pushing toward a hypersonics capability by 2023 with plans to test missile booster stacks every six to nine months, a top service acquisition official said Tuesday. Lt. Gen. Paul Ostrowski, the principal military deputy to the Army acquisition chief, told attendees at an Association of the United States Army event the force is focused on building “movable” hypersonics and directed…

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