{"id":61906,"date":"2022-09-09T18:11:49","date_gmt":"2022-09-09T18:11:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2022\/09\/09\/kendall-more-optimistic-on-hypersonic-effort-after-successful-tests\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T00:40:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T00:40:45","slug":"kendall-more-optimistic-on-hypersonic-effort-after-successful-tests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/air\/2022\/09\/09\/kendall-more-optimistic-on-hypersonic-effort-after-successful-tests\/","title":{"rendered":"Kendall \u2018more optimistic\u2019 on hypersonic effort after successful tests"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said Wednesday he is more bullish about the future of the AGM-183A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air\/2022\/07\/17\/air-force-still-weighing-future-of-key-hypersonic-program\/\" target=\"_blank\">Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon<\/a> after two recent flight test successes \u2014 but the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air\/2022\/03\/14\/what-should-be-the-united-states-next-move-on-hypersonic-tech\/\" target=\"_blank\">key hypersonic program<\/a> has not yet proven itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lawmakers earlier this year pulled almost $161 million in procurement funding the Pentagon requested to buy ARRW weapons in 2022, citing testing failures and delays that had extended the program\u2019s schedule. In 2021, three attempts to test launch ARRW all ended in failure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After that funding was withdrawn and half steered to hypersonic testing, Kendall said in March ARRW <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2022\/03\/10\/congress-nixes-air-force-plans-to-buy-hypersonics-this-year-after-test-failures\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cstill has to prove itself,\u201d<\/a> and the service must consider its future mix of weapons and how hypersonics might fit in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This year, two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air\/2022\/05\/17\/successful-test-could-rally-air-force-hypersonics-program\/\" target=\"_blank\">successful ARRW tests<\/a> bolstered the program, and Air Force acquisition chief Andrew Hunter said in July it is already more advanced than previous hypersonic programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Asked at Wednesday\u2019s Defense News Conference in Arlington, Virginia, if this year\u2019s testing successes signaled the program has proven itself, Kendall said no.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe still have work to do on ARRW,\u201d Kendall said. \u201cI\u2019m becoming more optimistic about it, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air\/2022\/04\/05\/pentagon-kept-hypersonic-test-quiet-amid-russia-tensions\/\" target=\"_blank\">they have successes<\/a>. But we haven\u2019t finished the flight test program.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kendall said questions about the program\u2019s cost-effectiveness, place in the Air Force\u2019s hypersonic inventory, and how it might grow in the future still have yet to be answered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Asked what more he wants to see from ARRW, Kendall said it needs to reach its full capability. The previous test phase that wrapped up with July\u2019s successful test focused on the weapon\u2019s booster, but its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air\/2022\/08\/17\/us-air-force-seeks-to-extend-winning-streak-in-hypersonic-weapon-tests\/\" target=\"_blank\">all-up-round, or full-system, testing<\/a> will begin this fall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hypersonic weapons are able to fly at speeds greater than Mach 5 and are highly maneuverable, meaning they\u2019re able to quickly change course midflight. This means they could be better able to penetrate defenses and harder to track and shoot down than conventional ballistic missiles that follow a predictable parabolic arc. Chinese and Russian investments in hypersonic technology and testing successes have increased pressure on the Pentagon to speed up progress on its own weapons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kendall declined to say whether the upcoming fiscal 2024 budget might seek to move funding back into procurement for ARRW.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said the Air Force is interested in both air-breathing scramjet and boost glide variants for hypersonic weapons. Each type brings different capabilities, which would force adversaries to defend against multiple weapons, Kendall noted. The hope is this would give a potential enemy more problems than it would be able to handle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, cost remains a major challenge, Kendall said, adding that the Air Force shouldn\u2019t \u201cblindly embrace hypersonics as a panacea.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey\u2019re a valuable tool to have in the toolbox,\u201d he said. \u201cWe have to think about what targets they\u2019re most appropriate for, where that increased cost and so on has value, and returns on investment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">William LaPlante, the under secretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment, said later at the Defense News Conference it remains to be seen whether the defense industry will be able to produce hypersonic weapons at a significant rate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe old joke about hypersonics [is] hypersonics is the weapon of the future for 60 years,\u201d LaPlante said. \u201cWe\u2019ve never, ever produced and manufactured hypersonics, ever in this country. It\u2019s been entirely [science and technology]. I ask this question all the time, and I get reassurance that they\u2019re ready. But the proof will be in the pudding.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>Joe Gould contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWe still have work to do on ARRW,\u201d Kendall said. 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