DOD readying hypersonic weapon with new feature: ability to strike moving targets

By Jason Sherman / May 4, 2022 at 12:50 PM
The Defense Department is developing an upgraded, long-range hypersonic weapon with a dynamic new capability: the means to attack a moving target. On May 3, the Army revealed this new planned feature in a public notice of a planned sole-source request for prototype proposals that outlined the scope of improved capabilities slated for Long Range Hypersonic Weapon batteries the service aims to deploy in 2025 and 2027. “The new capabilities include support for future data links with the in-flight missile...

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