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Gen. Frank Lozano, the service\u2019s program executive officer for missiles and space, told Defense News in a recent interview.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2021 the 1st Multidomain Task Force, 5th Battalion, 3rd Field Artillery Regiment, 17th Field Artillery Brigade at Joint Base Lewis-McChord received all equipment \u2014 except for the actual live rounds \u2014 for the Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon capability it calls Dark Eagle. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Washington state-based unit was supposed to get the missiles in fall 2023 but several aborted test events forced the Army to push back its fielding plans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first three missiles were distributed to the unit earlier this year, with the last of the munitions arriving in July. The fourth round is currently going through acceptance checkouts at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2019\/09\/17\/scoring-recent-development-contracts-lockheed-bets-on-hypersonic-missile-production\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2019\/09\/17\/scoring-recent-development-contracts-lockheed-bets-on-hypersonic-missile-production\/\">Lockheed Martin\u2019s facility<\/a> in Cortland, Alabama, Lozano said. The final eight are expected to be delivered \u201cby the end of December,\u201d Lozano said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army is also aiming to conduct a hypersonic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2025\/04\/02\/us-army-aiming-for-next-hypersonic-missile-test-in-december\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2025\/04\/02\/us-army-aiming-for-next-hypersonic-missile-test-in-december\/\">missile test around the same time<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThat will complete the basic load for battery one, up at JBLM,\u201d he added. \u201cThen &#8230; we\u2019ll start working on Battery Two.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The fielding of the munitions follows a lengthy delay in the testing process. Several tests of the round were aborted in 2023 due to challenges at the range and the hiccups in the process of firing up the missile for launch. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Testing the all-up round was considered critical to ensure the system was safe, effective and ready for fielding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. is presently in a race to field the capability and develop systems to defend against hypersonic weapons, which China and Russia are actively developing and testing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army conducted an end-to-end successful flight test of its hypersonic missile at the Pacific Missile Range Facility in Hawaii in May 2024, which put the initial fielding to the first unit closer on the horizon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the process of equipping the Army with the weapon has taken nearly two years longer than planned, service officials have been quick to point out that missile development programs typically take about 10 years. The LRHW program, meanwhile, is only just beyond the five-year mark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army has worked with Leidos\u2019 Dynetics for years to build the industrial base for the Common-Hypersonic Glide Body that will be used by both the ground service and the Navy, as the domestic private sector has never built a hypersonic weapon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The service also separately produced launchers, trucks, trailers and the battle operations 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\">In preparation for receiving the all-up rounds, the Army completed its delivery of the first hypersonic weapon capability \u2014 minus the rounds \u2014 to the Multi-Domain Task Force unit at JBLM two days ahead of its end-of-fiscal 2021 fielding deadline. The unit has been training on the system since the delivery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The next phase of production will ramp up quickly once delivery to the first battery is complete. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe second tranche of production is both Battery Two and the Battery One reload,\u201d Lozano said. \u201cThat\u2019s a very complex missile system. Although we\u2019ve gotten through the testing of the system and we\u2019re confident that it works, we\u2019re still working through how to take a prototype system that\u2019s complex and transition it into production, where you have a very repeatable process that drives out quality defects. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re in the middle of that process right now,\u201d Lozano added. \u201cThings that we\u2019re wrestling with every day is we\u2019ll build up part of the missile and we\u2019ll take the boost phase rocket motor and mate it to the missile midsection and then the inspector will come by and we\u2019ll find some defects that we will have to work and address. &#8230; We\u2019re learning as we build these missiles.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speed, of course, brings added challenges, Lozano acknowledged. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cJust the nature of having gone so fast \u2014 if you were doing a typical 10- or 15-year missile program, you drive all this risk out of the program and you\u2019d be delivering on time. 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