Items Tagged with 'HAWC'

Raytheon, in partnership with Northrop Grumman Corporation, was awarded a follow-on contract from DARPA to reduce risk for future air-breathing hypersonic systems.

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Air Force Research Lab (AFRL), Lockheed Martin and Aerojet Rocketdyne team accomplished their primary objectives during its second hypersonic air-breathing weapon concept (HAWC) flight test doubling the amount of scramjet powered vehicle data.

A hypersonic cruise missile co-developed by Raytheon Technologies has passed its second flight test in a row—an important milestone in the U.S. Department of Defense’s plan to field weapons that travel faster than five times the speed of sound.

Raytheon Missiles & Defense, in partnership with Northrop Grumman, successfully completed its second flight test of the scramjet-powered Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept (HAWC) for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the U.S. Air Force.

DARPA and its U.S. Air Force partner recently completed a free flight test of the Lockheed Martin version of the Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept (HAWC).