BOEING NORTH American has won an $8 million contract from the US Navy to demonstrate technologies applicable to a next-generation ship-launched land-attack missile system, dubbed the Fasthawk.
The 36-month Low-Cost Missile System technology demonstration will test a finless, bended-body airframe, fixed-geometry annular inlet and a slip-out booster/ramjet engine. The defence firm's Autonetics and Missile Systems division is partnered with the US Naval Air Warfare Center on the programme.
Boeing aims to demonstrate technologies required to deliver a 320kg payload to a range of more than 1,300km (700nm).
Source: Flight International