ARRW failure review board wraps up work; flight testing to resume in coming months

By Briana Reilly / December 7, 2021 at 10:19 AM
Flight testing for the Air Force's Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon is poised to resume in the coming months, the program's director said this week, following the conclusion of a failure review board's analysis of the hypersonic missile's latest testing mishap. The third flight demonstration will come in the wake of a summer test during which the Lockheed Martin-made weapon failed to ignite its rocket motor after separating from a B-52 bomber. Program lead Marya Bard told Inside Defense Monday...

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