hypersonics
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Navy/USMCNavy Advancing Effort To Arm DDG-1000 With Hypersonic Missiles, Develop Larger VLS
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 […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Plans Hypersonic Weapons On SSGN Subs By 2025
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. […]
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Missile DefenseSenate Panel Would Redirect HBTSS Funding From SDA Back To MDA
A Senate panel would move funding control for the Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor (HBTSS) back to the Missile Defense Agency from the Space Development Agency (SDA), despite administration […]
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Missile Defense
MDA Initiates New Sea-Based Hypersonic Terminal Defense Project
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is initiating a new sea-based hypersonic missile terminal defense project and expects to award a contract for concept definition by the second quarter of fiscal […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyWill the Next Presidential Fleet Travel Faster than an SR-71?
Hermeus Corporation, an Altanta, Ga.-based startup developing hypersonic aircraft primarily for commercial use, was awarded a $1.5 million Phase 2 prototyping contract by AFWERX to further develop its Mach 5 […]
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