Boost-Glide Vehicle Flew Non-Ballistic Trajectory To
Target
The U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces
Strategic Command conducted the first test flight of the Advanced
Hypersonic Weapon (AHW) concept Thursday. At 0630 EST (0130
Hawaii-Aleutian Time), a first-of-its-kind glide vehicle, designed
to fly within the earth’s atmosphere at hypersonic speed and
long range, was launched from the Pacific Missile Range Facility,
Kauai, Hawaii to the Reagan Test Site, U.S. Army Kwajalein
Atoll.