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Pyle: Navy Could Consider Adding Hypersonic Missiles To LUSVs, Wants To Upgrade Zumwalt Past Hypersonic Weapons

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Pyle: Navy Could Consider Adding Hypersonic Missiles To LUSVs, Wants To Upgrade Zumwalt Past Hypersonic Weapons
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 is not currently considering adding hypersonic missiles to Large Unmanned Surface Vehicles (LUSV), but the service may consider that after initial testing from the USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000) in 2025, a senior Navy surface warfare said Friday. When asked if LUSV is a possible opportunity to accelerate the Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS) system the Navy is adding to two platforms this decade, Rear Adm. Fred Pyle, director, of the Surface Warfare Division, N96, in the Office of the Chief…

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