US Navy, Army Conduct Hypersonic Payload Flight Test
The US Navy and the US Army flight-tested a precision sounding rocket with hypersonic payloads at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.
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The US Navy and the US Army flight-tested a precision sounding rocket with hypersonic payloads at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.
The retirement of the deputy director of the Hypersonic Project Office was celebrated in a ceremony last week at Bob Jones Auditorium.
Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michael Gilday says the service has used lasers to intercept ballistic missiles and doubled its investment in hypersonic weapons to support future mission requirements.
While both the Army and Navy weapons will use the same glide body, the services are each tailoring their respective launchers and weapons systems.
Each military service will tailor its launchers and weapons systems to accommodate it, according to the Navy press statement.