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Posted on 01/17/2026 1:42:38 PM PST by Navy Patriot
The U.S. Army has acknowledged missing its 2025 deadline for fielding the first U.S. Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon, officially known as Dark Eagle, Bloomberg reports.
"Fielding activities include the required integration, safety, and readiness steps to ensure soldiers receive a system that is reliable, sustainable, and effective in operational environments and are on track for completion in early 2026," an Army statement said.
"As the Army moves toward completion of fielding, it remains focused on rigorous testing, training, and system maturity to support successful operational employment."
The system was originally supposed to reach the field in 2023. The Army blew past another deadline to deploy it in September 2025 due to testing challenges.
Hypersonic missiles are weapons that fly faster than Mach 5 (five times the speed of sound) and are designed to be harder to track and intercept than traditional missiles.
Russia and China have already fielded hypersonic weapons, while the United States is pushing toward deployment after years of testing and development, and countries including India, Japan, France, and North Korea are advancing their own programs amid growing concerns about a new arms competition and weakened missile defenses.
The U.S. is behind Russia and China in fielded hypersonic weapons, but it's pouring money into catching up — the Pentagon has spent more than $12 billion since 2018 to develop, test and deploy a hypersonic weapons system.
The first battery is expected to cost about $2.7 billion, including missiles, according to the Government Accountability Office.
The Dark Eagle is a ground-launched hypersonic weapon designed to hit targets at very long range.
It uses a rocket booster to launch a hypersonic glide body, which then glides and maneuvers at extreme speed toward its target.
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No rush, get it right 2025 or 2026, no big deal.
U.S. Opens Fast-Tracked Path For Hypersonic Mass Production
https://aviationweek.com/defense/missile-defense-weapons/us-opens-fast-tracked-path-hypersonic-mass-production
The “article” doesn’t mention who has the contract . It does have a link to Bloomberg, pretty useless “article “ not “news” you can use. Is it AI ? Anyways,it’s Junk with a capital J
Yeah but they beat UConn
Yup “We don’t have no hypersonic missiles.” is the shore story...
That foul wretched fly-infested unclean demonic Obama is the reason why we are behind with hypersonics while at the same time providing Iran our drone technology.
Additionally, that vile creature purposely abused the financial reserve currency via the SWIFT system for reason of also diminishing our institutional power and intentionally causing the rise of BRICs.
If or when this kind gets back into power in the USA, they know they have only a short time to finish us off.
Anduril’s new low cost long range barracuda family of missiles are much more important. Designed to be dropped in pallets of up to 10 at a time, they will overwhelm near peer rivals especially in target rich environments.
“Army Misses ‘25 Deadline for Fielding Hypersonic Missile”
It gets somewhat harder to develop Hypersonic Missiles when you let the Leftists DESTROY your educational system.
(and, by the way, our educational system was fine leading up to WW2)
My understanding is that America has a lot of options and that Hypersonic isn’t urgent for us, we aren’t obsessed with rushing them to the field.
Why don’t we steal Russia and/or China’s designs?
It’s only fair; they been doing likewise to the USA for years.
OldHarbor wrote: “The “article” doesn’t mention who has the contract . It does have a link to Bloomberg, pretty useless “article “ not “news” you can use. Is it AI ? Anyways,it’s Junk with a capital J”
AI Overview
The U.S. Army’s Dark Eagle (Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon - LRHW) program is primarily managed and developed in Huntsville, Alabama, by the Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office (RCCTO), with Lockheed Martin serving as the prime contractor and systems integrator.
Key personnel and entities involved in the management and development of Dark Eagle in Huntsville include:
Government Program Management: The Army’s Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office (RCCTO), located at Redstone Arsenal, oversees the program. Lt. Gen. Robert Rasch has served as the director of RCCTO.
Industry Lead (Prime Contractor): Lockheed Martin is the prime contractor and leads systems integration, with major work performed at their Huntsville facilities.
Key Industry Partners in Huntsville:
Dynetics (a Leidos subsidiary): Responsible for the production of the Common Hypersonic Glide Body (C-HGB) and the transporter erector launcher (TEL) trailer.
Other Partners: General Atomics, General Dynamics, i3, Moog, Northrop Grumman, and Raytheon also support the program.
Specific Leadership/Contact:
Vince Dickens: Chief, Army Hypersonic Missile and Counter-UAS Programs Contracting Branch at U.S. Army Contracting
Command-Redstone Arsenal.
Steve Layne: Vice President of Hypersonic Strike Weapon Systems at Lockheed Martin.
Johnathon Caldwell: Vice President and General Manager of
Strategic and Missile Defense Systems at Lockheed Martin.
Lockheed Martin recently opened a new 17,000-square-foot Hypersonics System Integration Lab in Huntsville to support the program.
Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time. Rev 12:12
Well referenced.
best to get a working system then one that sort of works sometimes....
“Get it right”...is right!
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“My understanding is that America has a lot of options...”
It’s kind of a extra in the closet. The missiles are capable of just under 2200 miles carrying possibly nuclear warheads and can strike the target at speed of over Mach 5 (over 3800 MPH). That means they can reach their max target in a less than three quarter of an hour as they don’t reach max speed instantly. Our sub launches are effective in 20 to 30 minutes after launch in most cases. Another tool in the box.
wy69
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China’s ability to launch anything is highly questionable. They cut to many corners in production. Everyone involved along the way cuts corners to stuff their own pockets so by the time a finished product is done it’s reliability is severely affected.
Bkmk
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