U.S. Tests Two More Hypersonic Missiles To Keep Up With Russia And China In Arms Race
The United States has successfully tested a Raytheon air-breathing hypersonic weapon capable of speeds faster than five times the speed of sound, making it the third successful test of that class of weapon since 2013, the Pentagon said in a statement on Monday. The development program for the Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept (HAWC) is being run by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA. Raytheon and Lockheed Martin Corp are competing for the DOD …