{"id":36584,"date":"2023-09-18T19:04:07","date_gmt":"2023-09-18T19:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2023\/09\/18\/us-armys-dark-eagle-hypersonic-weapon-fielding-delayed-to-years-end\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T00:55:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T00:55:47","slug":"us-armys-dark-eagle-hypersonic-weapon-fielding-delayed-to-years-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/space\/2023\/09\/18\/us-armys-dark-eagle-hypersonic-weapon-fielding-delayed-to-years-end\/","title":{"rendered":"US Army\u2019s Dark Eagle hypersonic weapon fielding delayed to year\u2019s end"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014The U.S. Army will miss its goal to field the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/breaking-news\/2021\/10\/07\/dark-eagle-has-landed-us-army-finishes-equipping-first-unit-with-hypersonic-capability-minus-the-missiles\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dark Eagle Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon<\/a> during the government\u2019s fiscal year that ends Sept. 30, but is still aiming to deliver the capability by the end of the calendar year, according to the service\u2019s acquisition chief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The delay is due to the cancellation of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/digital-show-dailies\/ausa\/2022\/10\/14\/us-army-plans-two-more-tests-of-hypersonic-missile-ahead-of-fielding\/\" target=\"_blank\">critical test<\/a> of the Common Hypersonic Glide Body, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology Doug Bush told Defense News in a Sept. 18 interview. The scrapped test planned for this month was going to be \u201cpretty close to an operational test\u201d rather than a developmental test, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe still have a path with a follow up test to get to a fielded capability by the end of calendar 2023,\u201d Bush said. \u201cIt is just what it is, I mean, fact of life, we\u2019re not going to field something until we have some confidence that if soldiers are asked to go use it in combat that it\u2019s going to work and be safe for them to use.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re finding problems,\u201d Bush said. \u201cIt\u2019s actually good we\u2019re finding these.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hypersonic weapons are capable of flying faster than Mach 5 \u2014 or more than 3,836 miles per hour \u2014 and can maneuver between varying altitudes, making it difficult to detect. The C-HGB is made up of the weapon\u2019s warhead, guidance system, cabling and thermal protection shield.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. is in a race to field the weapon capability as well as develop systems to defend against hypersonic missiles. China and Russia are each actively developing and testing hypersonic weapons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army completed its delivery of the first hypersonic weapon capability to I Corps\u2019 5th Battalion, 3rd Field Artillery Regiment, 17th Field Artillery Brigade unit at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state two days ahead of its end of FY21 fielding deadline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The service <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2019\/08\/30\/heres-who-will-build-and-integrate-the-first-hypersonic-weapon-system-prototype\/\" target=\"_blank\">went from a blank piece of paper in March 2019<\/a> to delivering hardware in just over two years including a battering operations center, four transporter-erector-launchers and modified trucks and trailers that make up the ground equipment of Dark Eagle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The day prior to the expected LRHW test, when pressed at the Defense News Conference on Sept. 6 in Arlington, Virginia, on what might happen should the Army experience a failed or canceled test this close to the fielding deadline, Army Under Secretary Gabe Camarillo said, while he couldn\u2019t get into the specifics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019m very confident in the program,\u201d Camarillo said, adding that work to train and equip the first unit with the Dark Eagle capability is \u201cgoing really, really well.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/digital-show-dailies\/smd\/2020\/08\/05\/heres-how-the-dod-plans-to-meet-its-ambitious-hypersonic-missile-test-schedule\/\" target=\"_blank\">joint test between the Navy and Army,<\/a> scheduled for March, was also canceled during pre-flight checks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/digital-show-dailies\/ausa\/2019\/10\/14\/how-the-us-army-is-building-a-hypersonic-weapons-business\/\" target=\"_blank\">has spent several years working with industry to build the industrial base<\/a> for the hypersonic weapon glide body that will be used by both the service and the Navy because the domestic private sector had never built a hypersonic weapon. The service also separately produced launchers, trucks, trailers and the battle operation center necessary to put together the first weapon battery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lockheed Martin is the weapon system integrator for the Army\u2019s hypersonic capability that will be launched from a mobile truck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dynetics, a Leidos company, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/digital-show-dailies\/ausa\/2019\/10\/14\/how-the-us-army-is-building-a-hypersonic-weapons-business\/\" target=\"_blank\">was chosen to build the hypersonic glide body<\/a> for the missile and has been building rounds, but Lt. Gen. 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