US EditionAir Force revives ARRW hypersonic missile with procurement plans for fiscal 2026
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Air Force revives ARRW hypersonic missile with procurement plans for fiscal 2026
The Air Force wants to spend $387.1 million in fiscal 2026 to acquire its first hypersonic missile known as the AGM-183A Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW), according to budget documents published Thursday. While available documents did not detail how many ARRW missiles the Air Force intends to buy, the request officially transitions the hypersonic weapon from its troubled development and testing phase and into formal procurement and prod…
Air Force Munitions Gets Big Boost from Reconciliation
The Air Force’s weapons procurement accounts—often used as a “bill-payer” for other priorities and to fill budget gaps—is poised for a major boost from the reconciliation package currently being debated by Congress. But without detailed budgetary information beyond fiscal 2026, it’s unclear whether the growth in stockpiles will be sustained. The fiscal 2026 budget request released June 26 also saw the first-ever information on spending for the …
At the NAWCWD (Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, Naval Air Weapon Station China Lake, California) the beam-driven subsonic target display drone BQM-34 Firebee was successfully used as a carrier and simultaneously fire-conducting launch platform for the "air launch" of a solid-steam jet rocket (hypersonic) as a demonstrator. Both the Firebee, a development of the 1950s, and the solid material used for propulsion in the SFIRR (solid fuel …
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