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Raytheon, Northrop Flight Test Scramjet-Powered Hypersonic Weapon Concept for DARPA, USAF

Raytheon, Northrop Flight Test Scramjet-Powered Hypersonic Weapon Concept for DARPA, USAF - top government contractors - best government contracting event
Hypersonic Air-breathing, Weapon Concept

Raytheon Technologies‘ missiles and defense business and Northrop Grumman have jointly demonstrated the flight of a Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept powered by a scramjet engine.

The companies are prototyping the scramjet-powered HAWC for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the U.S. Air Force, Raytheon said Monday.

HAWC, was carried and released by an aircraft, flew at supersonic speeds with the help of a solid rocket motor. Its scramjet engine then ignited to accelerate the missile and allow for hypersonic flight.

Scramjet engines work to compress incoming air before combustion to sustain speeds of Mach 5 and beyond. According to Raytheon, the said technology can allow HAWC to engage targets faster than normal missiles and potentially evade enemy systems.

The companies formalized a partnership in 2020 to combine Northrop’s scramjet engines with Raytheon’s hypersonic technology.

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Written by Nichols Martin

a staff writer at Executive Mosaic, produces articles on the federal government's technology and business interests. The coverage of these articles include government contracting, cybersecurity, information technology, health care and national security.

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