Congress cut tens of millions of dollars from one of the Air Force's highest-profile hypersonic efforts in the fiscal year 2022 omnibus appropriations bill amid recent "failures and delays" of the program. Compared to what the Air Force requested, the appropriations bill -- passed last week and awaiting the president's signature -- cuts about $70 million from hypersonic prototyping. Congress also transferred $80.5 million from the Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon’s procurement fund to support further testing of the program, which...
