
Officials leading the Pentagon’s hypersonic weapon development affirmed Monday the department is on track for the first flight test later this year under the Conventional Prompt Strike program and said the department is beginning to explore cruise missile configurations for hypersonic weapon programs that would work in tandem with glide body prototyping efforts. Mike White, assistant director for hypersonics, and Mark Lewis, director of defense research and engineering for modernization, told reporters the Pentagon also supports the Air Force’s decision…