Officials: DoD On Track For First Hypersonic Glide Body Test Later This Year, Exploring Cruise Missile Configurations

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Officials leading the Pentagon’s hypersonic weapon development affirmed Monday thedepartment is on track for the first flight test later this year under the Conventional PromptStrike program and said the department is beginning to explore cruise missile configurations forhypersonic weapon programs that would work in tandem with glide body prototyping efforts.“We have accelerated our transition of capability based on hypersonic systems with the mostrecent budget cycle in FY ‘20 that we’re starting now,” White said. “We are still in the discoveryand invention phase and the design phase in all of our systems right now. You learn throughexperimentation. The upcoming flight test is called ‘Flight Experiment Two.’ We’re still doingflight experiments prior to transitioning to weapon system prototype testing.”