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Army’s Dark Eagle Hypersonic Missile Finally Blasts Out Of Its Launcher

Unspecified problems with the Dark Eagle launcher have already set back plans for the weapon system by years.

Joseph Trevithick

Posted 17 Hours Ago

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• The U.S. Army has finally test-fired its Dark Eagle hypersonic missile from its trailer-based launcher, something it has been attempting to do so for some two years now. The service has explicitly blamed problems with the launcher for causing major testing woes that have pushed back plans to field the weapon system by years.

The Army’s Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office (RCCTO), together with the U.S. Navy Strategic Systems Programs, conducted the test launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, according to a Pentagon press release this evening. The missile at the core of Dark Eagle, also known as the Long Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW), is the same one the Navy plans to arm its Zumwalt class stealth destroyers and future Block V Virginia class submarines with. The two services have been working together to develop their respective systems. You can read more about the Navy’s progress on its Intermediate Range Conventional Prompt Strike (IRCPS) weapon system here.