What You Need to Know: The Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW), or "Dark Eagle," is a hypersonic missile system being developed by the U.S. Army to counter China's advantage in intermediate-range ...

The Dark Eagle is a ground-launched missile attached with a maneuverable hypersonic glide body as its warhead, the Congressional Research Service (CRS) said in its report on Thursday.

The U.S. Army has named its new land-based hypersonic weapon system "Dark Eagle." The service is "confident" that the weapon will enter service in 2023. Once it does, Dark Eagle will give the ...

That's a mouthful, but it essentially means the Dark Eagle is a fast-moving artillery weapon capable of traveling faster than Mach 5 with a range of 1,725 miles. The Army successfully tested the ...

The Army dubbed its new hypersonic missile the “Dark Eagle,” paying tribute to a U.S. national symbol, as the developing system nears the end of testing.

The Dark Eagle. The key to this strategy will be mastery of long-range warfare, and that’s where the Army comes in. Specifically, the Army’s Long Range Hypersonic Weapon ...