US Navy 2 years behind on hypersonic missile installation on Zumwalt destroyers

Navy, Army risk wasting money, time without unified hypersonic missile strategy: GAO

The GAO determined that the Navy is already roughly two years behind schedule on modernizing the Zumwalt-class destroyers as part of the more than $50 billion hypersonic effort.

GAO: Lockheed Martin struggling to build Navy hypersonic missile at scale

The Navy’s new hypersonic missile is facing significant manufacturing and quality-control challenges that are preventing the program from reaching its planned production rates, according to the Government Accountability Office. Lockheed Martin is currently capable of building only six to seven rounds of the Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS) missile annually — around half of the sea service’s target production rate of 12 missiles per year, GAO fou…

US Navy 2 years behind on hypersonic missile installation on Zumwalt destroyers

The U.S. Navy’s expensive effort to install hypersonic missiles on three Zumwalt-class destroyers is two years behind schedule.

GAO report on the conventional prompt strike missile

Friday, July 17, 2026The July 17, 2026 Government Accountability Office report finds the Defense Department "doesn't have a comprehensive plan to help the Army and Navy coordinate on" purchases of the Conventional Prompt Strike hypersonic missile. Featured: Related Documents Tags: HypersonicsGAO

USS Zumwalt Set To Return To Fleet After Long Anticipated Hypersonic Missile Upgrade

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GAO: No comprehensive plan for CPS hypersonic missile deployment

The Navy is installing the Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS) hypersonic missile on three ships and plans to add it to some future submarines. The Army is also buying the missile. Together, the The post GAO: No comprehensive plan for CPS hypersonic missile deployment appeared first on Marine Log.