Pentagon leaders have assigned the Army key responsibilities to synchronize Defense Department-wide activities to continue development of -- and prepare for production of -- a new class of long-range, ultrafast maneuvering missiles. A June 28 memorandum of agreement among the service secretaries, the Pentagon's acquisition executive and top weapons technology official, and the Missile Defense Agency head placed a senior Army official in charge of a new Common Hypersonic Glide Body (CHGB) governance body and taps the service to lead...