“There’s no new science, it’s just a mechanical engineering problem to make sure…that missile works with that launcher … because both were new and normally you don’t do it that way,” Army acquisition chief Doug Bush told Breaking Defense.
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“We’re not opening up on the champagne bottle right here on the stage but we’re going to get there,” Lt. Gen. Robert Rasch said about Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon fielding.
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Soldiers are already training on the hypersonic battery equipment to prepare for delivery of the missile.
By Andrew Eversden
The delivery is a significant milestone for the Army’s Long Range Precision Fires modernization effort.
By Andrew Eversden
The Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon can fly over 2,775 km, an Army official told Breaking Defense. That figure probably applies to the Navy’s CPS version as well.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
The Army will create new field artillery battalions in its heavy divisions, armed with the new Extended Range Cannon Artillery (ERCA) armored howitzer. It’s part of a plan to add new Long-Range Precision Fire weapons at every level of command.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
PrSM is preparing for its first 300-plus-mile flight test this year, while the ERCA cannon and hypersonic LRHW head for key tests in 2023.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
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Meant to target Chinese warships and Russia’s rear bases, the new intermediate-range missile will fill the gap between the 500+ km PrSM and the Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr. The military services are working together on how to use long-range, land-based missiles to destroy enemy anti-aircraft defenses, says the director of artillery modernization at Army Futures Command.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr. This spring’s successful test shots of the Precision Strike Missile and Extended-Range Cannon are just two pieces of a rapidly evolving portfolio of new long-range weapons.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
“We want to deliver hypersonics at scale,” said R&D director Mark Lewis, from air-breathing cruise missiles to rocket-boosted gliders that fly through space.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr. The first four flight tests – one a failure — took nine years. The next five will take less than three years.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
While Army and Navy spending nearly double, Air Force and independent agency spending drops almost 40 percent.
By Theresa Hitchens and Sydney J. Freedberg Jr. Research and development spending on hypersonics will nearly double in ‘21, and it will triple for lasers, as the service rushes to deploy combat-ready prototypes.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
