After yet another testing failure announced last week, the Air Force no longer intends to push its first hypersonic missile, the AGM-183 Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW), into production. This marks a significant setback in America's efforts to close the perceived capability gap represented by Russian and Chinese hypersonic weapons already in service.
With the apparent failure of the ARRW program, America's hypersonic hopes now fall onto the scramjet-powered Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile (HACM) that is slated to enter service as soon as 2027.
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