DARPA Taps Raytheon For RDE-Powered, High-Speed Missile

Steve Trimble October 03, 2023

Boeing F/A-18s and F-15s launch salvos of Gambit missiles.

Credit: DARPA
Raytheon Missiles and Defense has been selected to build and demonstrate a ramjet-rotation detonation engine (ram-RDE)-powered, high-speed missile intended to be launched by fourth-generation fighters under a DARPA-funded program. The agency awarded the Phase 2 contract for the Gambit program to the...
Steve Trimble

Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington DC.

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