The Navy has its sights set on the next phase of a developing hypersonic weapons program, targeting early fiscal year 2024 to launch a contract competition for the effort's engineering and manufacturing development phase. According to a presolicitation published last week , the Navy will release a request for proposals in either the first or second quarter of FY-24, initiating an open competition for the EMD phase of the Hypersonic Air-Launched Offensive Anti-Surface (HALO) program -- a carrier-suitable surface strike...
