Army earmarks $1.1B in FYDP for Long Range Hypersonic Weapon

By Jason Sherman / March 15, 2019 at 3:52 PM
(Editor's Note: This story has been updated to incorporate information from the Army's FY-20 budget justification books that were released March 18.) The Army has mapped out a five-year, $1.1 billion new-start program to develop a Long Range Hypersonic Weapon, a planned road-mobile system that will adapt a two-stage booster to launch a common hypersonic glide body to execute deep-strikes against enemy anti-access, area-denial capabilities. The service is seeking $228 million in research and development funding in FY-20 for...

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