{"id":29762020,"date":"2026-10-27T09:57:28","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T08:57:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/arrw-hypersonic-missile-production-contract-lockheed-martin-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-10-27T09:57:56","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T08:57:56","slug":"arrw-hypersonic-missile-production-contract-lockheed-martin-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/es\/arrw-hypersonic-missile-production-contract-lockheed-martin-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"ARRW Hypersonic Missile Enters Production in $694M Air Force Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.et_pb_title_container h1.entry-title { padding-top: 40px !important; }<\/style>\r\n<!-- mfsh:top -->\r\n\r\n<style>\r\n.mfsh-trigger{display:inline-flex;align-items:center;gap:10px;height:44px;padding:0 18px;margin:0 0 26px;border:2px solid 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On 26 October 2026 it announced that it had done exactly that. The Department of the Air Force has handed Lockheed Martin a $694 million contract to produce and field the ARRW hypersonic missile, a boost-glide weapon it once tried to cancel.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The timing is unusual. The contract was executed on 29 September, but the service only disclosed it four weeks later, on 26 October. It also declined to say how many missiles it is buying or when they will be delivered. Air &amp; Space Forces Magazine reports that the quantities are classed as controlled unclassified information.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f4f6f9;border:1px solid #e2e7ee;padding:18px 22px;margin:22px 0 26px\"><p style=\"margin:0 0 8px;font-weight:700;color:#0d1117\">Quick Facts<\/p><ul style=\"margin:0;padding-left:18px\"><li style=\"margin:4px 0\"><strong>Weapon:<\/strong> AGM-183A Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW)<\/li><li style=\"margin:4px 0\"><strong>Contractor:<\/strong> Lockheed Martin<\/li><li style=\"margin:4px 0\"><strong>Contract:<\/strong> $694 million for production and fielding<\/li><li style=\"margin:4px 0\"><strong>Executed:<\/strong> 29 September 2026; announced 26 October 2026<\/li><li style=\"margin:4px 0\"><strong>Type:<\/strong> Boost-glide hypersonic missile, faster than Mach 5<\/li><li style=\"margin:4px 0\"><strong>Carriers:<\/strong> B-52 first; B-1 integration planned<\/li><li style=\"margin:4px 0\"><strong>Quantity:<\/strong> Not disclosed<\/li><li style=\"margin:4px 0\"><strong>History:<\/strong> Moved to cancel in 2023, revived in 2025<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">From test to production<\/h2>\r\n\r\n<p>In its release, the <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-forces\/united-states-air-force\/\">US Air Force<\/a> said the award marks the formal transition of the program from prototyping and flight testing into production. The deal was placed under the Department of War&rsquo;s Enterprise-Wide Agile Acquisition Contract.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Both of the service&rsquo;s top leaders put their names to the announcement. Chief of Staff Gen. Ken Wilsbach said fielding ARRW improves the Air Force&rsquo;s ability to hold targets at risk anywhere in the world, and called it a flexible and rapid response option for highly contested environments. Secretary Troy Meink went further.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f8f9fa;border-left:4px solid #1565c0;padding:20px 22px;margin:18px 0 24px;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7\"><div><em>&ldquo;This is a turning point in our advanced weapons roadmap. By moving ARRW from test to production, we&rsquo;re providing our combatant commanders with a credible, high-speed strike weapon capable of penetrating the most advanced anti-access and area-denial systems.&rdquo;<\/em><div style=\"margin-top:10px;font-size:14px;color:#555\"><strong>Troy Meink<\/strong> &mdash; Secretary of the Air Force, statement on the ARRW production contract, 26 October 2026<\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>ARRW is a boost-glide weapon. A rocket booster carries it to high speed and altitude, then falls away and releases a wedge-shaped glide vehicle. That vehicle flies to its target through the upper atmosphere at more than five times the speed of sound, and it can manoeuvre on the way, which makes it far harder to track and intercept than a ballistic warhead.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px;width:100%\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/10\/arrw-b-52-first-captive-carry-flight-2019.jpg\" alt=\"A B-52 Stratofortress in flight over the California desert carrying an ARRW test article under its left wing\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;max-width:100%;display:block\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">A B-52 from Edwards Air Force Base carries an ARRW instrumented test article on the program&rsquo;s first captive-carry flight, 12 June 2019. Test photo, not from the production announcement. US Air Force photo by Christopher Okula \/ public domain<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">The weapon the Air Force nearly killed<\/h2>\r\n\r\n<p>ARRW began in August 2018 with a design contract worth up to $480 million. In June 2019 a <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/b-52-stratofortress\/\">B-52 Stratofortress<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-bases\/edwards\/\">Edwards Air Force Base<\/a> carried an instrumented test article aloft for the first captive-carry flight. Then the program hit a wall.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Three launch attempts in 2021, in April, July and December, all failed. The first successful booster test came in May 2022, when the missile separated from a B-52H, fired its rocket and passed Mach 5. In December 2022 the first all-up-round test, with booster and glide vehicle together, was declared a success. But the next all-up-round shot, in March 2023, failed, according to then-Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;margin:24px 0 8px\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aeFALM9YAjs\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;font-style:italic;margin:0 0 24px\">US Air Force footage of the first ARRW captive-carry flight under a B-52 from Edwards Air Force Base in June 2019.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>On 29 March 2023, the Air Force&rsquo;s acquisition chief Andrew Hunter told lawmakers that ARRW would not proceed to procurement. The service said it would finish the remaining tests for the data and put its money into the air-breathing Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile instead. Its fiscal 2025 budget request carried no ARRW procurement funds at all.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">A quiet comeback<\/h2>\r\n\r\n<p>The tests went on regardless. In February 2024 the Air Force published images of an ARRW with live-warhead markings under a B-52H at <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/air-bases\/andersen\/\">Andersen Air Force Base<\/a> on Guam, and in March 2024 a B-52 flying from Andersen launched the final planned end-to-end test over the Reagan Test Site in the Marshall Islands. The service said only that it had gained valuable insights.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>By June 2025 the tone had changed completely. Then-Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin told the House Armed Services Committee that ARRW was back in the budget, alongside HACM.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f8f9fa;border-left:4px solid #d32f2f;padding:20px 22px;margin:18px 0 24px;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7\"><div><em>&ldquo;I will tell you that we are developing &mdash; and you&rsquo;ll see in the budget submission, assuming it&rsquo;s what we put forward &mdash; two different programs. One is a larger form factor that is more strategic [and] long range that we have already tested several times &mdash; it&rsquo;s called ARRW. The other is HACM.&rdquo;<\/em><div style=\"margin-top:10px;font-size:14px;color:#555\"><strong>Gen. David Allvin<\/strong> &mdash; Then-Air Force Chief of Staff, House Armed Services Committee hearing, 5 June 2025 (via DefenseScoop)<\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The fiscal 2026 budget then funded the first missiles, and the 2027 request, according to TWZ, also asks for money to develop an ARRW Increment 2 with a terminal seeker and a data link. That would let the weapon hit moving targets, including ships, a capability TWZ ties directly to a potential conflict with China in the Pacific.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px;width:100%\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/10\/b-52h-arrw-captive-carry-takeoff-edwards-2020.jpg\" alt=\"A B-52H Stratofortress of the 419th Flight Test Squadron on the runway at Edwards Air Force Base with an ARRW test vehicle under its wing\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;max-width:100%;display:block\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">A B-52H of the 419th Flight Test Squadron takes off from Edwards on 8 August 2020 for a captive-carry test of the ARRW Instrumented Measurement Vehicle 2 over the Point Mugu Sea Range. US Air Force photo by Matt Williams \/ public domain<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Who carries it<\/h2>\r\n\r\n<p>ARRW is too large for most fighters. It will be fielded first on the B-52, and the Air Force has also said it plans to integrate it on the <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/aircraft\/b-1-lancer\/\">B-1 Lancer<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>There is a funding catch. Air &amp; Space Forces Magazine notes that the 2027 request includes $452 million for ARRW production, but that budget is stalled in Congress and the Pentagon is running on a continuing resolution at 2026 levels. HACM, meanwhile, has only just begun flight testing.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>That leaves a strange outcome. The hypersonic missile the Air Force wrote off in 2023 is now the first one it is putting into production. ARRW was supposed to be the program that taught lessons for others. Instead, it will be the weapon that reaches the bomber force first.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><em>Sources: US Air Force (Department of the Air Force release, 26 Oct 2026), Air &amp; Space Forces Magazine, TWZ, DefenseScoop, The Defense Post, Wikipedia (AGM-183 ARRW)<\/em><\/p>\r\n<!-- mfsh:bottom -->\r\n\r\n<button type=\"button\" class=\"mfsh-trigger mfsh-bottom\" data-mfsh-placement=\"bottom\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><svg><use href=\"#mfsh-i-share\"\/><\/svg>Share this story<\/button>\r\n\r\n<!-- \/mfsh:bottom -->\r\n\r\n\r\n<style>.mfq{margin:34px 0 8px}.mfq h2{font:26px\/1.3 \"Gilroy semiBold\",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#0d1117;padding-top:22px;margin:0 0 6px}.mfq .qa details{border-top:1px solid #5C91FF;margin:0;padding:0}.mfq .qa details:last-of-type{border-bottom:1px solid #e2e7ee}.mfq .qa summary{cursor:pointer;list-style:none;display:flex;justify-content:space-between;align-items:center;gap:16px;padding:22px 26px;font:18px\/1.7 \"Gilroy semiBold\",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#0d1117}.mfq .qa summary::-webkit-details-marker{display:none}.mfq .qa summary::after{content:\"+\";font:24px Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#3568e0;flex:0 0 auto}.mfq .qa details[open] summary::after{content:\"\\2013\"}.mfq .qa details:hover summary{color:#3568e0}.mfq .qa .a{font:16px\/1.7 \"Gilroy regular\",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#454e5e;padding:0 26px 24px}.mfq .qa .a a{color:#3568e0}@media(max-width:680px){.mfq .qa summary{padding:18px 14px;font-size:17px}.mfq .qa .a{padding:0 14px 20px}}<\/style>\r\n\r\n\r\n<section class=\"mfq\"><h2>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2><div class=\"qa\"><details open><summary>What is the AGM-183A ARRW?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">The AGM-183A Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon, or ARRW, is a Lockheed Martin boost-glide hypersonic missile for the US Air Force. A rocket booster accelerates it, then releases a glide vehicle that flies to the target at more than five times the speed of sound and can manoeuvre on the way.<\/div><\/details><details><summary>How much is the ARRW production contract worth?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">The US Air Force awarded Lockheed Martin a $694 million contract for the production and fielding of the AGM-183A ARRW. The contract was executed on 29 September 2026 but only announced on 26 October 2026. The service did not disclose how many missiles it is buying or when they will be delivered.<\/div><\/details><details><summary>Why did the Air Force try to cancel ARRW?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">ARRW suffered three failed launch attempts in 2021, and an all-up-round test in March 2023 also failed. On 29 March 2023 acquisition chief Andrew Hunter told Congress the program would not proceed to procurement, and the Air Force shifted its focus to the Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile instead.<\/div><\/details><details><summary>Which aircraft will carry the ARRW hypersonic missile?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">ARRW is too large for most fighter jets. The US Air Force will field it first on the B-52 Stratofortress, which flew all of its major flight tests, and has said it plans to integrate the missile on the B-1 Lancer as well.<\/div><\/details><details><summary>What is the difference between ARRW and HACM?<\/summary><div class=\"a\">ARRW is a boost-glide weapon: a rocket accelerates an unpowered glide vehicle to hypersonic speed. HACM, the Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile, is an air-breathing hypersonic cruise missile powered through its flight. 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