Ray Wants ARRW ‘Soonest’ For B-52, B-1

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 Ray Wants ARRW ‘Soonest’ For B-52, B-1

Combatant Commanders for European Command and Indo-Pacific Command see bombers with hypersonic capabilities as "incredibly, incredibly valuable," says Gen. Timothy Ray.
By   Theresa Hitchens on September 16, 2020 at 5:41 PM

WASHINGTON: The head of Air Force Global Strike Command, Gen. Timothy Ray, wants to integrate the first hypersonic missiles onto the B-52 and B-1 bomber fleets “in the next couple of years.”

“We’re working some plans on that, and I am very pleased with the progress that we’re making,” Ray told reporters in a roundtable this afternoon on the margins of the annual Air Force Association conference (AFA 2020). “And so I’m going to continue to press on that capability,” he added.

Ray said the command needs to deploy the AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) “soonest” — in part to beef up the capacity to undertake “dynamic force employment’ over far-flung theaters such as the Indo-Pacific.

https://breakingdefense.com/2020/09/ray-wants-arrw-soonest-for-b-52-b-1/