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News | July 27, 2022

July 2022 CRS report to Congress on hypersonic weapons' background and issues

7/27  –   While DoD has requested nearly $5 billion for hypersonic research in FY23, it still does not have any programs of record for hypersonic weapons.  In late July, the Congressional Research Service provided to Congress a report on global hypersonic weapons development and issues the legislature should consider, such as implications to strategic stability and cost, as it reviews the Pentagon's hypersonic R&D plans.