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Key step on path to fielding follow-on hypersonic cruise missile by U.S. and Australian air forces.

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The test by DARPA’s Hypersonic Air-breathings Weapon Concept is a key step on path to fielding a follow-on hypersonic cruise missile by the U.S. and Australian air forces later in this decade.
 
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