US Navy and industrial partners test new hypersonic rocket motor 28 May 2021 (Last Updated May 28th, 2021 12:36)
The first stage SRM test supports broader efforts to field hypersonic strike capability with the US Navy and US Army.
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Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon. Credit: United States Navy.
The US Navy’s Strategic Systems Programs (SSP) office, Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Grumman have tested the first-stage solid rocket motor (SRM) in Promontory, Utah.
Conducted on 27 May, the firing boosts development of the navy’s Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS) offensive hypersonic missile and the army’s Long Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW).
CPS is a hypersonic boost glide missile and weapon system that allows long-range flight with ‘high survivability against enemy defences’.
WASHINGTON - Navy Strategic Systems Programs (SSP) successfully conducted a test of the First Stage Solid Rocket Motor (SRM) on May 27th in Promontory, Utah as part of the development of the Navy’s Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS) offensive hypersonic,
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