Hypersonic Setbacks Alter U.S. Army’s Missile Delivery Plan

Steve Trimble August 18, 2022
Dark Eagle missiles
The U.S. Army plans to deliver the first Dark Eagle missiles with live warheads to an operational unit in about six months, but final certification is scheduled by the end of 2023.
Credit: Lockheed Martin
Two flight-test failures in a row since last October have not changed the U.S. Army plan to operationalize the first hypersonic missile battery by the end of 2023, but the setbacks have forced the service to accept a new level of concurrency in design and production. The first Dark Eagle missiles...
Steve Trimble

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

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