{"id":30405,"date":"2019-07-09T17:18:14","date_gmt":"2019-07-09T17:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2019\/07\/09\/to-get-hypersonic-launcher-off-ground-dod-seeks-funding-transfer\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T22:34:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T22:34:21","slug":"to-get-hypersonic-launcher-off-ground-dod-seeks-funding-transfer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2019\/07\/09\/to-get-hypersonic-launcher-off-ground-dod-seeks-funding-transfer\/","title":{"rendered":"To develop hypersonic missile launcher, Pentagon seeks funding transfer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 The Pentagon is looking to transfer $50 million within its fiscal 2019 budget to cover the cost of the design and development of a prototype <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2019\/06\/05\/coming-soon-to-the-us-army-combat-capable-hypersonic-and-laser-weapons\/\" target=\"_blank\">mobile launcher for its Long Range Hypersonic Weapon<\/a>, or LRHW.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Defense Department submitted an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2019\/07\/08\/us-army-asks-to-shift-dollars-to-cover-long-range-cannon-munition-demo\/\" target=\"_blank\">omnibus reprogramming request<\/a> to Capitol Hill on June 25, which congressional defense committees must approve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The department wants the additional funding for the mobile launch capability in order to reach \u201cresidual\u201d operational capability by FY23.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Developing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2018\/03\/20\/army-to-demonstrate-precision-strike-hypersonics-and-ramjet-capabilities-in-just-a-few-years\/\" target=\"_blank\">hypersonic weapons<\/a>, capable of flying five times the speed of sound, is a part of the Army\u2019s top modernization priority \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/digital-show-dailies\/global-force-symposium\/2019\/03\/26\/army-to-prioritize-long-range-missile-capability-to-go-after-maritime-targets\/\" target=\"_blank\">Long-Range Precision Fires<\/a> \u2014because of the added capability it would bring in eliminating enemy systems in contested battlespace. There is also a need in the U.S&gt; to develop an offensive hypersonic capability to stay ahead of similar weapon development underway by Russia and China.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/smr\/federal-budget\/2019\/03\/20\/more-fire-power-us-army-sets-out-to-develop-new-missiles-in-fy20\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/12_special_storybody.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">More fire power: US Army sets out to develop new missiles in FY20<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Army is investing several billion dollars to get new missile programs off the ground.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The mobile LRHW will bring online \u201ca new class of ultra-fast, maneuverable, long-range missiles to neutralize enemy defensive weapons with rockets launched from trucks with Transporter Erector Launchers (TELs),\u201d the reprogramming document states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Follow-on efforts will be funded through the Army\u2019s research, development, test and evaluation account in future budget years, the document adds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army is leading the Pentagon\u2019s effort \u2014 Conventional Prompt Strike \u2014 but is teamed with the Navy to develop a booster for the hypersonic missile and is building a common glide body internally with both the Navy and Air Force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The service is finishing design work for the prototypes and plans to conduct flight tests focused on range, environmental factors and contested environments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The plan is to field a battery-sized hypersonic weapon to soldiers by 2023. The service will use the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2017\/02\/02\/pentagon-agency-hits-rewind-in-army-fire-support-software-competition\/\" target=_blank>Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System<\/a> and M870 trailers to make the system road-mobile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army still needs to build a transporter-erector-launcher to simultaneously accommodate two hypersonic missiles, which is where the extra $50 million comes in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The service plans to spend $1.2 billion over the next five years beginning in FY20 on its hypersonic effort. In FY20 alone, the Army has budgeted $228 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A total of $181 million is requested in FY21 to move through the preliminary design review, which will end in the first quarter of FY22.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In FY22, the Army will conduct a critical design review and then begin testing all-up rounds at the end of the fiscal year into FY23. The service has budgeted $137 million in FY22 to accomplish those tasks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army will then move into full-system flight tests in FY23 using a $359 million budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The service plans to outfit the Multi-Domain Operations Task Force\u2019s strategic fires battalion with the battery to field early combat capability to the force, but to also learn how to use the equipment; to develop possible tactics, techniques and procedures that might be used in combat; and to learn how to train to use the weapons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To get a mobile launcher for its hypersonic weapon under development, the Defense Department needs more 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