in the pursuit of so-called hypersonic weapons that bob and weave through the atmosphere at more than five times the speed of sound, Raytheon Technologies' chief executive said on Tuesday (Oct 26).
While the Pentagon has a number of hypersonic weapons programmes in development and the US understands the technology, China has "actually fielded hypersonic weapons", Raytheon CEO Gregory Hayes said in an interview on Bloomberg Television's Balance of Power With David Westin.
"We are at least several years behind," he said.
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WNU editor: Raytheon is under contract to the USAF to develop hypersonic missiles .... Raytheon Tests Hypersonic Missile for USAF (Defense Post).
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