Britain accelerating hypersonic missile development:
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Key FactsDARPA seeks longer-range hypersonic cruise missile
Aug 18, 2026 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: asiatimes.com
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: asiatimes.com
- Several media outlets reported this month that DARPA is soliciting proposals for a demonstrator intended to improve range, speed and survivability against advanced integrated air defenses.
- The solicitation documents envisage a scramjet-powered weapon flying above Mach 5 and deployable from fighter aircraft, bombers, pallets and ground-based vertical launchers.
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a 'revolutionary leap' in operational range, speed and survivability against advanced adversary integrated air defense systems.— DARPA program solicitation language describing the Next-Generation Hypersonic Cruise Missile demonstrator, quoting a 'revolutionary leap' in performance
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