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Naval Surface Warfare Center Says It Set ‘World Record’ With Firing Of Hypercone Projectile Last Month

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Naval Surface Warfare Center Says It Set ‘World Record’ With Firing Of Hypercone Projectile Last Month
The U.S. Navy and U.S. Army participated in a High Operational Tempo for Hypersonics flight campaign last October by Sandia National Laboratories from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The test was to be used to inform the development of the Navy’s Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS) and the Army’s Long Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW) offensive hypersonic strike capability (U.S. Navy Photo)

The Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) in Maryland says that it set a world record last month when the division fired a conical projectile--"hypercone"--109 nautical miles at White Sands Missile Range, N.M. Last October, NSWCDD said that it had tested hypercone for the first time to collect relevant aerodynamic and aerothermal data for hypersonic flight conditions. "We recently flew that [hypercone] prototype at White Sands Missile Range, fired it out of an electromagnetic gun out to 109 nautical miles--two…

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