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Each service will integrate the missile and fine-tune the capabilities based on individual service needs, such as launching from a ground vehicle or a ship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army\u2019s plan is to field its Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon \u2014 capable of flying at five times the speed of sound \u2014 that will launch from a mobile ground platform by the end of 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The service fielded all equipment to the first unit \u2014 I Corps\u2019 5th Battalion, 3rd Field Artillery Regiment, 17th Field Artillery Brigade unit at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state \u2014 two years ago. It\u2019s now waiting for final tests before delivering missiles to the unit. The Army is hopeful the missiles will arrive by the end of the calendar year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dynetics spent a year learning how to make glide bodies from Sandia National Laboratories. Sandia representatives worked with Dynetics until the company could independently build the glide bodies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For industry, \u201cthere\u2019s opportunities for improvements of internal components as we try to improve the system going forward,\u201d Mills said, particularly components that could lower the cost of the overall missile. Mills was speaking during a Defense News-hosted event at the Association of the U.S. Army\u2019s annual conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thermal protection is particularly an area where industry could continue to work to make improvements to the current missile design, \u201cmaking that producible and cheaper \u2026 more affordable,\u201d Mills said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army isn\u2019t ready to consider a second source to produce glide bodies beyond Dynetics, Mills said. 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