What You Need to Know: The Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW), or “Dark Eagle,” is a hypersonic missile system being developed by the U.S. Army to counter China’s advantage in intermediate ...

The Army dubbed its new hypersonic missile the “Dark Eagle,” paying tribute to a U.S. national symbol, as the developing system nears the end of testing.

The Dark Eagle can exceed five times the speed of sound and has a range 1,725 miles, but those numbers are likely to improve as testing continues.

The Dark Eagle is a ground-launched missile attached with a maneuverable hypersonic glide body as its warhead, the Congressional Research Service (CRS) said in its report on Thursday.

The Dark Eagle weapon was designed to travel roughly 6,000 km/h, or Mach 5 – five times the speed of sound. It has an estimated range of 2,775 km.

April 24 (UPI) --The United States Army announced Thursday that it will call its new long-range hypersonic weapon "Dark Eagle." Dark Eagle is intended to be a quick-response, strategic-attack ...

Dark Eagle is an intermediate-range medium-range missile system being developed for use by the U.S. Army. Land-based and truck-launched, the "transformational" hypersonic weapon will "deliver ...

After a successful test from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station last December, the Army on Thursday officially named its long-range hypersonic weapon "Dark Eagle." The system designed to ...

With a potential cost climbing into the hundreds of millions of dollars, the fast-tracked Dark Eagle program is delayed, but the U.S. Army plans to acquire 300 of them.

Dark Eagle: The U.S. Army’s Hypersonic Answer to China’s Missile Gap Currently under development for the United States Army is the Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW), also known as Dark Eagle.