The U.S. Air Force Is Pushing for a Hypersonic Strike Weapon
The hypersonic conventional strike weapon would overwhelm enemy defenses, strike time-critical targets.
By Kyle Mizokami
Jun 11, 2018
The U.S. Air Force awarded major defense contractor Lockheed Martin a $928 million contract to develop a weapon designed to fly more than five times faster the speed of sound. These hypersonic weapons are designed to overwhelm enemy defenses with blistering speed and provide the capability to strike targets where the time window is tight.
The contract, announced by Air Force Magazine among others, is in support of the Air Force’s hypersonic conventional strike weapon (HCSW) project, pronounced “Hacksaw.†Little is known about the HCSW project other than it exists.
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