Lockheed’s HAWC hypersonic missile makes successful test flight
DARPA, the US Air Force Research Lab (AFRL), Lockheed Martin, and Aerojet Rocketdyne have successfully conducted a second test flight of a Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept (HAWC) hypersonic missile, over an undisclosed location.The March flight follows on from the first HAWC flight on September 20, 2021, which was made by a different vehicle built by Raytheon Missiles & Defense and Northrop Grumman. Details of the latest test flight by the Lockheed version, which is powered by an Aerojet Rocketdyne scramjet…