Air Force to finish HCSW closeout, perform next ARRW test this summer

By Sara Sirota / May 11, 2020 at 4:39 PM
The Air Force is moving toward finishing closeout negotiations for the canceled Hypersonic Conventional Strike Weapon and performing a new flight test of the Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon this summer. Air Force spokesman Capt. Jacob Bailey confirmed in an email today to Inside Defense the service and HCSW developer Lockheed Martin will finalize discussions to complete a $928 million contract awarded to the company in April 2018 at the end of the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2020. Lockheed...

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