The U.S. Army and Navy tested several hypersonic weapon component prototypes that will determine the development of new weapons, the Department of Defense (DOD) confirmed on Oct. 21, saying that all three tests were deemed successful.
The Pentagon, in a statement on Oct. 21, said the Sandia National Laboratories ran the tests from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, adding that the tests will help “inform the development of the Navy’s Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS) and the Army’s Long Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW) offensive hypersonic strike capability.”
