Australia, U.S., UK Announce Joint Hypersonic Test Plan

AUUS trio meet

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin (right) meets Sept. 26 with Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Richard Marles.

Credit: U.S. Defense Department
Australia, the U.S. and the UK have agreed under the AUKUS security pact to jointly accelerate testing and fielding of hypersonic weapons, targeting six trilateral flight tests by 2028. The agreement is called the Hypersonic Flight Test and Experimentation Project Arrangement, and it is under the...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Aviation Week in August 2021, he covered the Pentagon for Air Force Magazine. Brian began covering defense aviation in 2011 as a reporter for Military Times.

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