The Defense Department has awarded contracts to keep in place a pair of industrial engineering teams that have been drafting technical proposals for an offensive hypersonic weapon since 2014, extending work on trade studies into early 2018 as part of an analysis of alternatives for a conventional prompt strike capability that DOD aims to codify in a program of record by 2020. Last December, the Navy Strategic Systems Programs office awarded Raytheon and Lockheed Martin 15-month contracts to continue work...
