C-HGB
Initial Operational Capability (IOC) : 2023
First Flight : March 20, 2020
Total Production : ?
Model | Status | Year | Produced |
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C-HGB | Under Development | 2023 | ? |
C-HGB
Group : Warheads
Status : Under Development
Also Known As : Common Hypersonic Glide Body
Origin : United States of America
Contractors : Dynetics*, Raytheon
Initial Operational Capability (IOC) : 2023
First Flight : March 20, 2020
Total Production : ?
The Common Hypersonic Glide Body (C-HGB) is a hypersonic warhead with an unpredictable trajectory being developed for the US Army, US Navy and US Air Force. The warhead will be available for a variety of hypersonic weapons programs beginning in the mid 2020s with a flying speed of Mach 5. The first flight of the new glider wahead was carried out on March 20, 2020.
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Top Speed | 5 mach |
News

Dynetics Inc., Huntsville, Alabama, was awarded a $670,500,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the common hypersonic glide body and thermal protection system.
Dynetics Technical Solutions, Huntsville, Alabama, was awarded a $428,266,378 modification (PZ0002) to contract W9124P-23-9-0001 to create Common Hypersonic Glide Body prototypes.
The US Navy is reportedly planning on refitting its three stealthy Zumwalt-class destroyers once again, this time by replacing its deck guns with launch tubes for its forthcoming
In May 2020, the Pentagon confirmed that it was developing a sophisticated hypersonic missile that was earlier touted by then-President Donald Trump as a "super duper" weapon.

The Department of Defense successfully tested a hypersonic glide body in a flight experiment conducted from the Pacific Missile Range Facility, Kauai, Hawaii, March 19 at

SAN DIEGO, CA, OCT 1, 2019 - General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) announced today that it has been awarded a contract by the U.
New work adds to company's growing hypersonic portfolio TUCSON, Ariz., Sept. 3, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) will build and deliver the control, actuation

HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Aug. 30, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- On August 29, the U.S. Army awarded Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) a contract at an estimated value of $347 million as part of
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State Latest Known holdings/Original Procurement
Com - Date of Commissioning
Decom - Date of Decommissioning
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