Missile Defense Agency Set To Conduct First HBTSS Test

A Northrop Grumman rendering of its Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor.

Credit: Northrop Grumman
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) will within a week conduct its first test of its new space-based hypersonic missile tracking system, as it looks for new ways to defeat the emerging threat. The agency in February launched the Northrop Grumman Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor (HBTSS)...
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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