Lockheed Martin is partnering with the US Navy to integrate hypersonic strike capability onto surface ships. The US Navy awarded the contract, worth more than $2bn, to integrate the Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS) weapon system onto ZUMWALT-class guided missile destroyers (DDGs). CPS is a hypersonic boost-glide weapon system that enables long ...
The Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman team successfully conducted a significant live fire hypersonic strike system test in support of the US Navy’s Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS) and US Army’s Long Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW) programs. In this live fire ground test of the first stage solid rocket motor, the motor fired for ...
The US Air Force and Lockheed Martin have successfully flight tested the second AGM-183A Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) on the service’s B-52 Stratofortress out of Edwards Air Force Base, California. This captive carry flight was conducted with tactical hardware and fully instrumented to collect thermal, mechanical and digital data from ...
Raytheon and DARPA completed a successful baseline design review for the Tactical Boost Glide hypersonic weapons program, establishing the company’s technical approach for a critical design review and moving the system a step closer to development and use. A boost glide weapon uses a rocket to accelerate its payload and achieve hypersonic ...