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Raytheon-DARPA Hypersonic Program Completes Baseline Design Review

By Vivienne Machi

Monday, July 29th, 2019

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Raytheon-DARPA Hypersonic Program Completes Baseline Design Review

Hypersonic vehicles operate at extreme speeds and high altitudes. Raytheon is developing hypersonics for the U.S. Department of Defense. (Image: Raytheon)

One of the Air Force’s major hypersonic weapons programs recently underwent a successful baseline design review, contractor Raytheon [RTN] said July 29. The Tactical Boost Glide (TBG) program, a joint effort by Raytheon and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in partnership with the Air Force Research Laboratory, is one of several programs meant to demonstrate the feasibility of building a weapon that can be launched aboard a rocket, reach hypersonic speeds and then cruise unassisted to a target.…

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