The Navy published a sources sought notice on March 18 requesting white papers from possible contractors on capabilities to install hypersonic weapons on the Zumwalt-class destroyers. The service is assessing the means to implement goals set by Congress in the fiscal year 2021 defense authorization ...
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The Navy awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] a $1.5 billion modification on March 11 for the joint Army-Navy program to develop a common rocket and hypersonic glide vehicle for both services, raising the total program value to $2.8 billion. This specific modification is for the design, development, build ...
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) this week changed its plans to develop a counter-hypersonic missile defense system, ending one program and redirecting it into a nearer-term initiative. The MDA is no longer issuing a final Request for Prototype Proposals (RPP) for the Regional Glide Phase Weapons ...
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) awarded L3Harris Tehcnologies, Inc. [LHX] a $122 million prototype award Jan. 14 for the Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor (HBTSS) Phase IIa effort. Under this award, the company is directed to provide the MDA’s HBTSS an on-orbit prototype ...
A Navy official recently confirmed the service is advancing efforts to arm the three-vessel Zumwalt-class DDG-1000 destroyers with hypersonic weapons, as directed by Congress. The fiscal year 2021 Defense Authorization Act contained a provision directing the Navy to initiate integrating the ...
A top Navy official said the service plans to deploy the first conventional hypersonic weapons on Ohio-class submarines by 2025 before adding them to newer Virginia-class vessels starting in 2028. The weapons, called Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS) capability, are scheduled to be deployed first to ...