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RTX Completes Technical Review For Prototype Of HALO Missile

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, January 9th, 2024

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RTX Completes Technical Review For Prototype Of HALO Missile

A Lockheed Martin rendering of LRASM. (Image: Lockheed Martin).

RTX [RTX] has successfully completed a technical review of a prototype for the first phase of the Navy’s new aircraft carrier-based Hypersonic Air Launched Anti-Surface missile, called HALO, that is meant to allow the Navy to operate in contested littoral zones, particularly in waters near China. The review follows awards last March to both RTX and Lockheed Martin [LMT] for the development of their respective HALO designs (Defense Daily, March 29, 2023). Preliminary designs are expected to be completed this…

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