Dynetics will perform work at its headquarters in Huntsville, Alabama. The project is expected to run until Oct. 31, 2029, the Department of Defense said Thursday. The Army Contracting Command in ...
A major focus in missile development of the 21st century has been hypersonic research. Hypersonic flight is achieved when an object surpasses Mach 5 (3,836 mph), and getting it right is the Holy Grail ...
The first live-fire test took place on Jun. 28, in what the DoD also described as an “end-to-end flight test” of the hypersonic missile from the Pacific Missile Range in Kauai, Hawaii. “The test ...
What You Need to Know: The Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW), or “Dark Eagle,” is a hypersonic missile system being developed by the U.S. Army to counter China’s advantage in intermediate-range ...
Problems with the launcher and launch sequence of the new Long Range Hypersonic Weapon System will keep the U.S. Army from fielding its first LRHW battery until fiscal 2025, a government watchdog said ...
April 24 (UPI) --The United States Army announced Thursday that it will call its new long-range hypersonic weapon "Dark Eagle." Dark Eagle is intended to be a quick-response, strategic-attack weapon ...
A Common Hypersonic Glide Body launches from Pacific Missile Range Facility, Kauai, Hawaii, during a DOD flight experiment in March 2020. (U.S. Navy) The U.S. Army is aiming for one more major test of ...
A Sandia Labs-built common hypersonic glide body launches from Pacific Missile Range Facility, Kauai, Hawaii, during a 2020 DOD flight experiment. In May 2024, an industry-manufactured version had a ...
Dark Eagle is a medium-range surface-to-surface hypersonic missile that is being developed for the US Army by Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman, with variants for deployment on US Navy ships and ...
Soldiers assigned to Bravo Battery, 5th Battalion, 3rd Field Artillery (Long Range Fires Battalion), 1st Multi-Domain Task Force, prepare one of the Long Range Hypersonic Weapon Transporter Erector ...
Epic: The U.S. Army recently completed a successful test of the Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW), nicknamed Dark Eagle, which flew in a near-operational configuration over 2,000 miles. Dark Eagle ...
NORTHERN TERRITORY, Australia – In a historic milestone, the 3rd Multi-Domain Task Force (3MDTF) deployed a Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW) system outside of the continental United States for the ...