hypersonics

A top Navy official said the service is on track to deploy hypersonic weapons to a surface ship then a submarine later this decade, as long as they restart testing […]

The Navy’s Strategic Systems program conducted the second test of the First Stage Solid Rocket Motor (SRM) for the booster rocket of the Navy and Army’s hypersonic weapons on Oct. […]

The Navy’s Strategic Systems Program successfully conducted a test of the first stage Solid Rocket Motor (SRM) on May 27 for the Defense Department’s hypersonic weapon effort. The test occurred […]

The Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) this week said the Navy intends to field hypersonic missiles aboard the Zumwalt-class destroyers by 2025, reversing previous plans to first install the weapons […]

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 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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]