Navy takes key step toward potentially integrating long-range hypersonic weapon on surface combatant

By Jason Sherman / March 26, 2021 at 12:33 PM
The Navy is asking industry for ideas on integrating a long-range hypersonic strike weapon on a destroyer, eyeing a three-pack load, in a key step toward potentially adapting the Conventional Prompt Strike for DDG-1000 Zumwalt-class ships and potentially the DDG-X, the planned follow-on large surface combatant. On March 18, the Navy Strategic Systems Programs office published a marketing research notice seeking industry feedback on steps necessary to implement a fiscal year 2021 statutory mandate that the service ready plans for...

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