Army eyes half-dozen hypersonic flight tests to support LRHW battery by 2023

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The Army has set an "aggressive" test plan for the Long Range Hypersonic Weapon program that calls for six flights, including two executed by soldiers who will operate the first battery of the new ground-launched strategic weapon by 2023, according to a senior service official. The planned flight test pace will mark an inversion: over seven years — between 2011 and 2017 — the Defense Department conducted three flight tests to develop a hypersonic glide body the Army is adopting; now, the Army wants six flight tests in three years.