The Defense Department is exploring a potential new ultra-fast, air-launched cruise missile — specifically a naval variant of the Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept ~ a joint Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and Air Force effort slated to produce a flying prototype in fiscal year 2019. DARPA Director Steven Walker revealed DOD plans for this notional new Navy hypersonic program on March 1, during a meeting with reporters organized by the Defense Writers Group, where he outlined work the agency is doing to advance U.S. military efforts to field a new class of ultra-fast weapons.
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