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Raytheon, Northrop Grumman Team to Build Hypersonic Weapons

Raytheon, Northrop Grumman Team to Build Hypersonic Weapons
Raytheon and United Technologies say their merger will create a host of technology synergies, including in hypersonics, which will benefit their defense and commercial customers. Artist rendering: Raytheon

PARIS AIR SHOW--Raytheon [RTN] and Northrop Grumman [NOC] signed a teaming agreement here on June 18 to build hypersonic weapons under the $200 million Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept (HAWC) program for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the U.S. Air Force. The companies aim to integrate Northrop Grumman's scramjet combustors to power Raytheon's air-breathing hypersonic weapons--viewed by U.S. defense officials as the next generation of tactical missiles. Scramjet engines compress incoming air before combustion to enable sustained missile…

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