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Navy Conducts Ground Test For Hypersonic Weapon Booster Rocket

Friday, October 29th, 2021

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Navy Conducts Ground Test For Hypersonic Weapon Booster Rocket

The U.S. Navy, in collaboration with the U.S. Army, conducts a static fire test of the first stage of the newly developed 34.5” common hypersonic missile that will be fielded by both services. (Phoot: U.S. Navy courtesy of Northrop Grumman)

The Navy’s Strategic Systems program conducted the second test of the First Stage Solid Rocket Motor (SRM) for the booster rocket of the Navy and Army’s hypersonic weapons on Oct. 28 This SRM test was a static fire test, part of a series of tests validating the newly developed common hypersonic missile. DoD is developing the Common Hypersonic Glide Body (C-HGB) missile with the Navy leading design of C-HGB while the Army is overseeing production. The Navy said this live…

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