Posted on Mar 15, 2023
Air Force Won’t Buy Hypersonic Missiles in 2024, Official Says
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The Air Force is kicking decisions on which hypersonic weapon to buy, and how many, down the road at least another year.
The service will not purchase hypersonic missiles in fiscal 2024, said Maj. Gen. Mike Greiner, the service’s deputy assistant secretary for budget. Instead, it will continue research and development on the Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon, or ARRW, the service’s flagship boost-glide hypersonic vehicle. Greiner said the service’s budget request for fiscal 2024, sent to Congress on Monday, contains $150 million for ARRW R&D.
The service will not purchase hypersonic missiles in fiscal 2024, said Maj. Gen. Mike Greiner, the service’s deputy assistant secretary for budget. Instead, it will continue research and development on the Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon, or ARRW, the service’s flagship boost-glide hypersonic vehicle. Greiner said the service’s budget request for fiscal 2024, sent to Congress on Monday, contains $150 million for ARRW R&D.
Air Force Won’t Buy Hypersonic Missiles in 2024, Official Says
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..."Hypersonic weapons can fly five times faster than the speed of sound and are highly maneuverable. The Pentagon wants to accelerate its production of these weapons because China and Russia are aggressively pursuing similar systems. Earlier this month, Russia hit Ukraine with hypersonic cruise missiles that Kyiv said it cannot intercept.
The Biden administration recently authorized use of the Defense Production Act to “rebuild and expand” America’s hypersonic industrial base and use “new authorities” to speed up the transition of operational prototypes.
The Air Force’s ARRW and HACM are just two of the U.S. military’s hypersonic efforts; in all, the Pentagon is requesting $11 billion for hypersonic R&D next year."
..."Hypersonic weapons can fly five times faster than the speed of sound and are highly maneuverable. The Pentagon wants to accelerate its production of these weapons because China and Russia are aggressively pursuing similar systems. Earlier this month, Russia hit Ukraine with hypersonic cruise missiles that Kyiv said it cannot intercept.
The Biden administration recently authorized use of the Defense Production Act to “rebuild and expand” America’s hypersonic industrial base and use “new authorities” to speed up the transition of operational prototypes.
The Air Force’s ARRW and HACM are just two of the U.S. military’s hypersonic efforts; in all, the Pentagon is requesting $11 billion for hypersonic R&D next year."
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