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HAWC and Glide Breaker are DARPA’s offensive and defensive hypersonic programs, respectively, and their program managers discuss what’s been done and what’s next.
By Barry Rosenberg![Reusable hypersonic flight testing accelerates technology development](https://breakingdefense.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2022/04/Stratolaunch_BreakingDefense_X-15_600x300-225x150.jpg)
Regular, routine, and reusable hypersonic flight testing in the operational environment is a cost effective, critical component of leap-ahead technologies.
By Dr. Daniel Millman, Ret. Air Force Lt. Colonel, Chief Technology Officer at Stratolaunch LLC![Congress Shouldn’t Rubber-Stamp Hypersonic Weapons](https://breakingdefense.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/09/210928_4756737-army-hypersonic-e1632833762391-225x150.jpg)
It is time — in fact, past time — for Congress to demand answers about the Pentagon’s pursuit of hypersonic weapons capabilities.
By Shannon Bugos![Hypersonic Weapons Face Major Milestone In August Test](https://breakingdefense.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2014/03/advancedhypersonicweapon-225x150.jpg)
CAPITOL HILL: Prompt Global Strike is a program to build a weapon that can destroy targets anywhere on earth within an hour of getting targeting data and permission to launch. Sandia Lab and the Army may have found the answer: the Advanced Hypersonic Weapon. So far, some aspects of PGS have attracted controversy. When the Pentagon wanted…
By Colin Clark