16 October 2018
Hypersonic weapons: can anyone stop them?
By Elliot Gardner
In August the US Air Force awarded Lockheed Martin a $480million contract to develop a second hypersonic weapon prototype – the Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) – following a previous, separate contract in April. Elliot Gardner looks at what hypersonic weapons could mean for the future of aerial warfare.
In August, the US Air Force contracted Lockheed Martin to develop a hypersonic prototype weapon – the Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW), nicknamed ‘Arrow’. The for $480m deal is the second awarded to Lockheed Martin by the US Air Force; the company was also selected to design a prototype for the Hypersonic Conventional Strike Weapon (HCSW) – or ‘Hacksaw’ – in April.
https://www.airforce-technology.com/features/hypersonic-weapons-can-anyone-stop/
