Air Force defense contractor Raytheon's hypersonic missile will use a scramjet engine designed by Northrop Grumman to allow sustained flight at speeds of Mach 5 or greater.
HACM's scramjet is designed by Northrop Grumman, who has partnered with Raytheon on the project since 2019.
"With advanced threats emerging around the globe, the Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile will provide our warfighters a much-needed capability," Raytheon Missiles & Defense president Wes Kramer said in a statement.HACM is being developed in conjunction with the Southern Cross Integrated Flight Research Experiment , a multi-year partnership between the U.S. and Australia in 2020.
Through the SCIFiRE agreement, the U.S. and Australia will continue collaborating on HACM design and development, including using Australian test infrastructure for the initial all-up-round flight tests.Raytheon's design is moving forward after beating out Boeing and Lockheed Martin.
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