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Army To Award Hypersonic Launcher Within Three Weeks

Army To Award Hypersonic Launcher Within Three Weeks
U.S. Army Lt. Gen. L Neil Thurgood, Director of Hypersonics, Directed Energy, Space and Rapid Acquisition, poses for his official portrait in the Army portrait studio at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, Apr. 11, 2019. (U.S. Army photo by William Pratt)

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – The Army plans to award a contract to develop a ground-launcher for a hypersonic weapon within three weeks, an official said Wednesday. The service is in the final process of negotiating an Other Transaction Authority (OTA) contract to design and integrate a vertical launcher on to a trailer. “That’ll be done win the next three weeks, so we’re very, very excited about that,” Lt. Gen. Neil Thurgood, Director of the Army’s Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office…

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