U.S. Army Plans First Hypersonic Deliveries Before Completing Design

Hypersonic missile launch
Credit: U.S. Army
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama—The U.S. Army plans to deliver its first live missiles with a hypersonic glide vehicle to an operational unit in about six months as final design tweaks are still being made, the leader of the program said Aug. 10. The scheduled deliveries of the first live 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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