TACOMA, Wash. — The top general for the Army’s hypersonic weapons program says the Dark Eagle battery based at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in the Pacific Northwest will receive its first operational ...

A major focus in missile development of the 21st century has been hypersonic research. Hypersonic flight is achieved when an object surpasses Mach 5 (3,836 mph), and getting it right is the Holy Grail ...

Problems with the launcher and launch sequence of the new Long Range Hypersonic Weapon System will keep the U.S. Army from fielding its first LRHW battery until fiscal 2025, a government watchdog said ...

What Is the Army’s Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon? The Army’s Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW), with a reported range of 1,725 miles, consists of a ground-launched missile equipped with a hypersonic ...

A top US army official said the service is “very close” to fielding the US military’s first hypersonic weapon, a forecast at odds with recent Pentagon assessments that more testing is needed before it ...

Epic: The U.S. Army recently completed a successful test of the Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW), nicknamed Dark Eagle, which flew in a near-operational configuration over 2,000 miles. Dark Eagle ...

The delivery of the first prototype hypersonic hardware to the Army is seen in 2021. (Spc. Karleshia Gater/Army) HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — The U.S. Navy is heading into a major test of a hypersonic weapon ...

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. — The U.S. Army's Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon Battery, part of the 1st Multi-Domain Task Force, made history by participating in Exercise Resolute Hunter 24-2, a joint ...

The following is the April 24, 2025, Congressional Research Service In Focus report, The U.S. Army’s Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon: Dark Eagle. What Is the Army’s Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon? The Army ...