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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’.
Lockheed Martin Successfully Tests Navy’s Hypersonic Strike System
This outcome today is due to our shared effort and determination to see this test on the CPS program succeed - Steve Layne, Program Director of Conventional Strike Programs at Lockheed Martin.
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and PROMONTORY, Utah, May 27, 2021 –The Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) team successfully conducted a significant live fire hypersonic strike system test in support of the U.S. Navy’s Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS) and U.S. Army’s Long Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW) programs.
In this live fire ground test of the first stage solid rocket motor, the motor fired for the full trial duration and met performance parameters and objectives within anticipated ranges.