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Theresa Hitchens on August 04, 2021 at 4:09 PM
AGM-183A Air Launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) hypersonic missile. (DoD)
WASHINGTON: Despite a second flight test failure, the Air Force is still pushing to begin production of the hypersonic Air Launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) in fiscal 2022, Brig. Gen. Heath Collins said today.
That said, if ARRW continues to fail, the service could resuscitate the Hypersonic Conventional Strike Weapon (HCSW, pronounced hacksaw), mused Collins, who heads the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC) Armaments Directorate and serves as program executive officer for weapons.
While seemingly unfazed by ARRW’s testing woes, Collins did offer that “We could go back to HCSW,” noting that the effort did complete critical design review prior to the Air Force stopping the development program last year in favor of ARRW.
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