US EditionGAO: Cost of fielding first Dark Eagle battery increased by $150 million in a year
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GAO: Cost of fielding first Dark Eagle battery increased by $150 million in a year
The cost of fielding the Army's first Long Range Hypersonic Weapon battery, also known as Dark Eagle, rose by $150 million in the last year, according to the Government Accountability Office's annual weapon systems assessment. According to the report released last week, the acquisition cost of the initial prototype effort for the system increased from $2.54 billion as of January 2024 to $2.69 billion by January 2025. GAO, in its report, said the…
Through its most recent report to Congress, the U.S. Army slid forward to begin by the end of fiscal year 2026 the deployment of the second of its new Dark Eagle hypersonic missile systems, even in the face of Pentagon doubts about their lethality. In particular, it would be a decision framed within efforts to carry out the rapid deployment of systems classified under the category of Middle Tier Acquisition, detailing that their deployment will …
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