Key Points and Summary – The U.S. Army’s Long Range Hypersonic Weapon, nicknamed Dark Eagle, is nearing full operational ...

What You Need to Know: The Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW), or “Dark Eagle,” is a hypersonic missile system being developed by the U.S. Army to counter China’s advantage in intermediate-range ...

A major focus in missile development of the 21st century has been hypersonic research. Hypersonic flight is achieved when an object surpasses Mach 5 (3,836 mph), and getting it right is the Holy Grail ...

April 24 (UPI) --The United States Army announced Thursday that it will call its new long-range hypersonic weapon "Dark Eagle." Dark Eagle is intended to be a quick-response, strategic-attack weapon ...

The Dark Eagle missile will allow the US Army to bypass current anti-access/area denial (A2/AD) umbrellas with ease.

The U.S. Army is set to roll out its Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW), known informally as Dark Eagle, to its first operational unit by the end of fiscal year 2025, a defense official reportedly ...

After a successful test from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station last December, the Army on Thursday officially named its long-range hypersonic weapon “Dark Eagle.” The system designed to “disintegrate ...

Congress has received a new report on the Army’s Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW), better known as Dark Eagle. The report from the Congressional Research Service (CRS) comes at a time when the US ...

The Pentagon's newest missile has drawn comparisons with Russia's recently deployed Oreshnik, the two emerging as key contenders in the hypersonic arms race and fueling debates over their capabilities ...

WASHINGTON — The Army dubbed its new hypersonic missile the “Dark Eagle,” paying tribute to a U.S. national symbol, as the developing system nears the end of testing. The land-based, truck-launched ...