Mach 5 missiles spur new arms race as US seeks to match China
Top U.S. defense contractors are competing for billions of dollars of work tied to the next big technology focus in national-security circles: hypersonic weapons.
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Top U.S. defense contractors are competing for billions of dollars of work tied to the next big technology focus in national-security circles: hypersonic weapons.
The service remains on pace to field an offensive hypersonic unit by fiscal 2023, general says.
The manufacturing plant is the third digital factory opened by the world’s largest defense contractor this year.
Operations in a new 65,000-square-foot Lockheed Martin facility in Courtland, Ala., began Monday to assemble hypersonic missiles that will become pivotal to the nation’s defense.
The manufacturing plant is the third digital factory opened by the world’s largest defense contractor this year.