https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zon...g-move-forward
Navy Air-Launched Hypersonic Anti-Ship Cruise Missile Makes Big Move Forward
The Navy says it wants to begin fielding the first examples of a new hypersonic anti-ship missile, called HALO, by 2029.
The U.S. Navy has awarded separate contracts to Raytheon and Lockheed Martin to design and build competing prototypes to meet its requirement for an
air-launched, air-breathing hypersonic anti-ship cruise missile. The service says this weapon is key to addressing
increasingly advanced naval threats in contested environments in future major conflicts, such as a potential
one against China in the Pacific, and that it must be in service by 2029.
The Navy's Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR)
announced the contract awards late on Tuesday. NAVAIR says the deals, which were formally inked on March 27, together have a total combined value of approximately $116 million, but it's unclear how much each company received….