Lockheed Martin Stepping Up Hypersonic Tests

LRHW

A Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW) system has been deployed to Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, for flight-testing.

Credit: Spc. Chandler Coats/U.S. Army
FORT COLLINS, Colorado—Lockheed Martin is preparing to conduct two hypersonic flight tests within the next two months as part of final preparations for the partial deployment of the U.S. Army’s first Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW) battery by the end of the calendar year. The company is leading...
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