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DARPA gives Raytheon $20 million to continue Tactical Boost Glide program

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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has given a $20 million to Raytheon for the Tactical Boost Glide program.

Speed is Life HTV-2 Reentry New
By David Neyland [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Raytheon will use the money to continue developing and demonstrate technology to enable air-launched hypersonic boost glide systems.

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