Army Finalizing Hypersonic Weapon Prototype Plans For FY '20 Flight Test, Initial Fielding In 2023

摘要

The Army has moved its land-based hypersonic missile program into experimental prototypingwith a focus this year on finalizing launcher and command and control system decisions aheadof a first flight test in fiscal year 2020 and initial fielding in 2023, according to the program’slead official.Lt. Gen. Neil Thurgood, director of the Army hypersonic project office, told Defense Daily onThursday his team is currently working through selecting existing trucks and C2 systems thatwill be modified for the Long Range Hypersonic Weapon’s prototyping package ahead of a seriesof flight tests that will run from FY '20 to '23.