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US, Australia Making ‘Significant Progress’ on Hypersonic Weapon

The U.S. and Australia are seeing significant progress in developing a new highly maneuverable hypersonic cruise missile traveling at Mach 5.
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With the U.S. and Australia’s partnership, the Pentagon now expects to begin fielding munitions [HACM] starting in fiscal 2027.

After more than 15 years of collaboration, the U.S. and Australia are now gaining ground in perfecting a new air-breathing cruise missile traveling five times the speed of sound that will be launched from a fighter aircraft. This hypersonic munition is designed to target high-value, time-sensitive objectives, with the Pentagon seeking to close the gap on China and Russia’s technology development.

“We’re … working collaboratively on cutting edge hypersonic technologies that will provide critical advantage to the warfighter,” a senior defense official told reporters at the Pentagon on Aug 5. “Australia and the U.S. are making significant progress in design and ground testing to develop an air-launched hypersonic weapon under the Southern Cross integrated flight research experiment, or SCIFiRE.”

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