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Dark Eagle LRHW

strategic5 Genactive

Manufacturer:Lockheed MartinIntroduced: 2024|Status: active|Origin: United States

STRATEGICSPEC // DARK-EAGLE-LRHW

FIREPOWER

100

MOBILITY

PROTECTION

SENSORS

COMBAT VALUE

UNIT COST

$41.0M

Platform Dossier & Identity

IDENTITY

Typehypersonic

Categorystrategic

Country🇺🇸United States

ContractorLockheed Martin

Statusactive

Generation5 Generation

Introduced2024

Service StatusActive

Data SourceUS Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office (RCCTO)

Defense Tech Capability Scorecard

TACTICAL AUDIT

EW SUITE

97/100

Electronic Attack & Jamming Defense

STEALTH / RCS

88/100

Radar Signature Reduction

ACTIVE PROTECTIONPASSIVE

Hard-Kill Interception

BMS BATTLE MGMTNETWORKED

Tactical Datalink Integration

Tactical Specifications Matrix

SPEC SHEET

Length10.5 m

Width0.9 m

Height0.9 m

Weight7,400 kg

Crew4 personnel

Max Speed20,825 km/h

Range2,775 km

Endurance0.25 hrs

Ceiling80,000 m

Fuel Capacity3,800 L

PowerplantTwo-stage solid rocket booster with Common Hypersonic Glide Body (C-HGB) glide vehicle

Weapons & Ordnance Manifest

2 RDS AMMO

PRIMARY WEAPON

Common Hypersonic Glide Body (C-HGB) Mach 17+ boost-glide hypersonic vehicle2 RDS

SECONDARY WEAPONS

M870 semi-trailer transporter erector launcher (2 missiles per battery trailer)

GUIDED MISSILES

Dark Eagle C-HGB Hypersonic Glide Missile

Avionics & Sensor Suite

SENSORS

RadarEQUIPPED

AFATDS Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System radar uplink(400 km)

Fire Control (FCS)EQUIPPED

Digital Integrated Ballistic FCS

Radar Warning (RWR)EQUIPPED

Integrated Radar Warning Receiver

ECM SuiteACTIVE ECM

Multi-Band Electronic Jammer Suite

Thermal & FLIREQUIPPED

Thermal FLIR • Infrared (IRST) • Night Vision

Sonar SuiteN/A

N/A (Non-Naval)

Supply Chain & Industrial Intel Sheet

MIB AUDIT

PRIME CONTRACTOR85% WORKSHARE

RTX Corporation🇺🇸

PROPULSION SYSTEM🇺🇸

Solid Rocket Motor / Ramjet PropulsionVendor: Aerojet RocketdyneThrust/Power: High-Thrust Solid Booster

RADAR / AVIONICS MANUFACTURER🇺🇸

Active Phased Array Guidance SeekerManufacturer: Raytheon TechnologiesArchitecture: RF / Radar Seeker

PRIMARY ARMAMENT VENDOR🇺🇸

High-Explosive Blast Fragmentation / Kinetic WarheadVendor: Lockheed MartinPayload: Guided Interceptor Warhead

SENSORS / OPTICS SUITE🇺🇸

Dual-Mode Infrared / Millimeter-Wave SeekerVendor: Analog Devices

SECURE SEMICONDUCTORS🇹🇼

TSMCNode: 7nm High-Reliability Rad-Hard

Passive Armor & Countermeasures

SURVIVABILITY

Armor Compositionmedium

Armor Thickness25 mm

CountermeasuresExtreme maneuverability glide trajectory, Thermal protection aeroshell, CRPA anti-jam GPS

Tactical Communications & Data Link

C4ISR

Tactical RadioAll-Domain Common Tactical Datalink

Satellite UplinkEquipped

Tactical Data LinkIntegrated (Link 16/MADL)

Military EncryptionType-1 Cryptographic

Procurement & Life-Cycle Cost

COST AUDIT

Unit Purchase Cost$41,000,000

Annual Operating Cost$1,200,000

Annual Maintenance Cost$600,000

Operational Deployments & Operator Nations

1 Operator Nations~2 Active Units

Operator Nation	Deployment Status	Estimated Fleet Inventory
🇺🇸United States	Domestic Operator	2units

Performance Analysis

HUD BENCHMARK

6-Axis Telemetry Ratings0-100 SCALE

Firepower

100/100

Mobility

84/100

Protection

90/100

Sensors

94/100

Reliability

92/100

Maintainability

89/100

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Additional Intelligence Information

AUDIT LOG

Intelligence SourceUS Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office (RCCTO)

Last Verification Date2026-10-07