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The Air Force test facility at Groom Lake, Nevada—better known as Area 51—has harbored a wide variety of experimental aircraft the Pentagon would rather keep away from the prying eyes of the public.

By Garrett Reim2021-07-07T19:32:00+01:00 The US Air Force (USAF) has detonated an AGM-183A Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) warhead for the first time. The 780th Test Squadron test detonated the warhead at Eglin AFB in Florida, the service says on 7 July. Source: Lockheed Martin The US Air Force wants ARRW to be operational by fiscal year 2022 “The first-of-its-kind test for the air-to-ground, rocket-powered, high-altitude, hypersonic missile collected data on the lethality of the unique weapon,” says the USAF. In particular, the service says it was interested in gathering data o...

  A 9-inch monorail sled prior to being used in the Holloman High Speed Test Track at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M. The sled was launched as part of the Hypersonic Readiness program, which is a series of tests being conducted by the 846th Test Squadron to prepare for future rocket sled testing in support of programs and projects such as the Hypersonic Test and Evaluation Investment Portfolio and the Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon. DOD on Track to Accelerate Delivery of Hypersonic Weapons | BY DAVID VERGUN, DOD NEWS Hypersonics is a key element of the Defense Department’s modernizatio...

The 96th Cyberspace Test Group, Detachment 1 will host a virtual test workshop June 8 at 1 p.m. The event is part of a quarterly series of workshops offered by the detachment, each with a different theme. This quarter’s theme is Command, Control,,