The Pentagon's advanced research arm has awarded a $147.3 million contract to Lockheed Martin as part of its Tactical Boost Glide program. According to the Sept. 19 contract announcement, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency awarded Lockheed the "cost-sharing, other transaction for prototype agreement for a research project under the Tactical Boost Glide (TBG) program." The program, which is a joint DARPA-Air Force effort, seeks to "develop and demonstrate technologies to enable future air-launched, tactical-range hypersonic boost glide systems," according...
