Pentagon delays major hypersonic flight test; assessing root cause of June failure

By Jason Sherman / October 7, 2022 at 5:08 PM
( Editor’s note: This story was updated on Oct. 13 to clarify the Defense Department scored the October 2021 hypersonic weapon launch a “no test” -- not a “failure.” ) The Pentagon has delayed a high-stakes flight test of a long-range hypersonic weapon that was originally to be executed no later than last month, a change of plans that eats away at the timetable of a project with little schedule margin in the U.S. military's effort...

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