Air Force Narrows Bidders For Planned Hypersonic Weapon Program To 5 Firms
July 27 2017
The U.S. Air Force has selected five companies believed to be capable of meeting its requirements for the development of a new hypersonic strike weapon, reports Flight Global.
The service plans to award one engineering, manufacturing and development contract early in fiscal 2018. The bidders are Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Orbital ATK and Raytheon.
The firms are the only ones deemed to be able to produce such a weapon within the Air Force's timeframe, according...
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