U.S Army’s Unique AWH successfully Flight Tested

Miltec Corporation, a subsidiary of the Ducommun Incorporated announced today it had successful test flight of the U.S. Army's unique Advanced Hypersonic Weapon (AHW), the first-of-its-kind glide vehicle, designed to fly long range within the earth’s atmosphere at hypersonic speed. Anthony J. Reardon, President and CEO, said, “We are very proud to have played a key role on this government-industry team. Flying a hypersonic glide vehicle from the Pacific Missile Range Facility to the Reagan Test Site within the Earth’s atmosphere demonstrated technologies necessary to develop future capabilities for Conventional Prompt Global Strike.” While, the objective of the test was to collect data on hypersonic boost-glide technologies and test range performance for long-range atmospheric flight, the mission emphasis was aerodynamics; navigation, guidance, and control; and thermal protection technologies.