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Lockheed's air-launched hypersonic missile contract gets $988 million bump
2019-12-07
[Washington Business Journal] The Bethesda defense contractor originally secured a contract in 2018 to help prototype the Air Force’s air-launched rapid response weapon (ARRW), but the follow-on deal issued Monday was worth more than double the original.
How very interesting. What kinds of situations so many of such a thing might be used for? (Or should I not ask?)
Posted by:Besoeker

#4  Ref #3:. That's if the cost overruns are expeditiously covered.
Posted by: Besoeker   2019-12-07 11:40  

#3  This is Lockheed, meaning the Rapid Response will take twenty to thirty years before we even see the fruit of this endeavor (if ever.)
Posted by: Seeking Cure For Ignorance   2019-12-07 11:30  

#2  Pyramid-shaped 427-foot asteroid set to whiz past Earth

Posted by: Skidmark   2019-12-07 09:55  

#1  What kinds of situations so many of such a thing might be used for?

Planetary defense against asteroids and meteors and other cosmic phenomena.
Posted by: Skidmark   2019-12-07 09:48  

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