Pentagon Efforts Challenged By ‘Immature’ Hypersonics Tech, Supply

AUSA 2023 — Defense Department efforts to speed acquisition of new hypersonic weapons continue to be challenged by the fact that the underlying technologies and industry supply chain have yet to fully develop, according to a senior Army official.

“Some of the hypersonic technologies and some of the hypersonic supply chain is immature,” said Chris Mills, Army Hypersonics Project Office deputy director at the Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office.