House appropriators have proposed slashing the Air Force's flagship hypersonic boost-glide weapon procurement budget by $44 million in fiscal year 2022. The recommended reduction is equal to approximately four Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon missiles, per the report accompanying the House Armed Services defense subcommittee's mark-up of the fiscal year 2022 defense bill, obtained by Inside Defense . The service had sought nearly $161 million to procure a dozen of the hypersonic missiles as part of a rapid fielding program in...
