Hypersonics too expensive, industrial base too small for services to go it alone: Admiral

Hypersonics too expensive, industrial base too small for services to go it alone: Admiral
Hypersonics too expensive, industrial base too small for services to go it alone: Admiral

A recent test of the joint Navy-Army system that the Navy calls Conventional Prompt Strike suffered a partial failure in a June test, but that’s because Vice Adm. Johnny Wolfe said the service “pushed the envelope… learned a lot.”

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Navy Targets Sub-Launched Hypersonic Test By Mid 2020s

Navy Targets Sub-Launched Hypersonic Test By Mid 2020s
Navy Targets Sub-Launched Hypersonic Test By Mid 2020s

For the rest of this year, the Navy is doubling down on its boosters, conducting a series of static fire tests to collect data before another test firing. “We’ve been crawling, now we’re starting to walk where we’re going to get the booster design done — we’re going to static test this year — and then we will start to truly, truly run,” Wolfe said.

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Fading Solid Fuel Engine Biz Threatens Navy’s Trident Missile

Fading Solid Fuel Engine Biz Threatens Navy’s Trident Missile
Fading Solid Fuel Engine Biz Threatens Navy’s Trident Missile

CAPITOL HILL: “Failure to launch” isn’t a metaphorical concern when you work on nuclear weapons. That’s why the director of the Navy’s euphemistically named Strategic Systems Program (SSP) is a worried man. What has Vice Adm. Terry Benedict worried is something neither he, nor the Navy nor the entire Defense Department directly control. It’s the…

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