Army & Navy Shoot-off Common Hypersonic Glide Body Warhead

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By Kris Osborn – President & Editor-In-Chief, Warrior Maven

The Army and Navy together conducted a ground-breaking hypersonics flight “shot” test of the Common Hypersonic Glide Body planned to arm the Navy’s Conventional Prompt Strike weapon and the Army’s emerging Long Range Hypersonic Weapon.

Called a “flight campaign,” the test was conducted by Sandia National Laboratories as part of an accelerated effort to mature, refine and fast-track a new generation of hypersonic weapons to operational status.

“This test demonstrated advanced hypersonic technologies, capabilities, and prototype systems in a realistic operating environment,” a Navy report said.

Common Hypersonic Glide Body (GHGB)

The CHGB is now being developed through a deal between the U.S. Army Hypersonic Project Office, Dynetics Technical Solutions and General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems. Dynetics, operating with technological, electrical and manufacturing support from GA-EMS, is now producing 20 prototype glide bodies.

“Our all-up round (CHGB) is a 34-inch booster which will be common between the Army and the Navy. We will shoot exactly the same thing the Navy shoots out of a sub or ship,” Robert Strider, Deputy, Army Hypersonic Project Office, told an audience Aug. 11 at the Space and Missile Defense Symposium in Huntsville Ala.