Hypersonic ship-killer: Navy taps Lockheed, Raytheon to start developing HALO missile - Breaking...

The US Navy has tapped Lockheed Martin and Raytheon to begin developing their own prototypes of a ship-killing, air-launched hypersonic weapon with the companies producing preliminary designs by the end of 2024 and, eventually, a prototype test flight.

The Tuesday night announcement by Naval Air Systems Command, the service’s chief agency for procuring aircraft and their associated weapons, said both companies received contracts “valued at a total of $116 million” for the “first step to fielding a critical capability over the next decade that will address advanced threats and allow the Navy to operate in and control contested battle space in littoral waters and anti-access/area denial environments.”