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US Navy Funds CPS Missiles

Type of event:
New business deal

Victims

Wounded

Date

June 27, 2024

What happened

The US Department of Defence has allocated new funds for the Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS) project. Lockheed Martin has received $534m to support engineering, development, and testing. The programme aims to develop hypersonic boost-glide missiles, manoeuvrable while travelling at a Mach 5 speed, five times the speed of sound. The new system will be used on the Zumwalt-class destroyers and the Virginia-class nuclear-powered fast-attack submarines.

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