Can’t start, won’t start: Over 150 new military programs face delay under a CR
The Defense Department will be operating under a continuing resolution until lawmakers successfully pass a fiscal 2027 budget.
DARPA seeks ‘unconstrained, radical’ concepts for next-gen hypersonic cruise missile
The Pentagon’s secretive research agency says new advances are needed to counter adversary air defenses, along with innovative manufacturing techniques that can produce hypersonic weapons affordably and at scale.
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Ursa Major unleashes HAVOC with new hypersonic missile
Ursa Major's new CEO Chris Spagnoletti told Breaking Defense that the company's new hypersonic weapon could cost $3 million a piece.
B-52 radar upgrade faces new delays, GAO says
The Government Accountability Office’s annual weapon system assessment also found that the Air Force is moving to field a hypersonic attack cruise missile in 2027, despite delays driving a compressed flight testing schedule.
Hypersonics on the Hill: ARRW back in Air Force quiver, Army to seek new munitions
Army leaders also discussed the future of their non-hypersonic long-range missile options, including tests planned for a newer munition.
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The incubator from whence tomorrow’s radars, missiles, and jammers emerge
Raytheon’s Advanced Technology president sheds light on the team’s behind-the-scenes R&D work to advance radars, hypersonics, and missile defense.
Air Force conducts final test of ARRW hypersonic missile, won’t discuss ‘specific’ results
The test’s results could determine the ultimate fate of the Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon, or at least help "further a range of hypersonic programs."
Air Force moves out on hypersonic cruise missile flight testing in FY25
Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall last year said the service was “more committed” to the Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile than the service’s other fast-flying design, the Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon.
Air Force wants to retire 250 aircraft as part of $188B FY25 budget request
“We're very, very fixated on being competitive with the pacing challenge [of China],” said Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall. “I think the budget that we've submitted moves us forward — not quite as fast as we would like to, but it moves us forward in the right direction while maintaining current capabilities that are essential to the nation.”
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Air Force won’t say whether newest ARRW test succeeded, echoing past failure
The Air Force fired another all-up round test of the Lockheed Martin-made ARRW, but like a previous test that a top official later admitted fell short of its goals, the service won’t claim that this test met all its objectives.
Air Force cracks open door on hypersonic ARRW, weeks after indicating it was shut
Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall told lawmakers Thursday that the service will make a decision on buying the hypersonic weapon after its prototyping phase concludes, a position seemingly at odds with testimony previously provided by the service’s acquisition lead.
Broken ARRW: Air Force to ditch troubled hypersonic missile
The news comes after the Air Force’s top civilian revealed Tuesday that the missile’s most recent all-up-round test “was not successful” but stopped short of saying the service wouldn’t buy it.
Air Force Secretary takes dim view of ARRW hypersonic missile after latest unsuccessful test
Following a recent disclosure by the Air Force that suggested the new hypersonic missile came up short during testing, Secretary Frank Kendall told lawmakers the service was "more committed" to another hypersonic program.