Military Watch Magazine
North America, Western Europe and Oceania , Missile and Space
U.S. Navy Flight Testing Blackbeard Hypersonic Missile: Promises to Revolutionise Carrier Groups’ Firepower
The U.S. Navy has released the first footage showing its Blackbeard hypersonic strike missile integrated onto a flying F-18E/F Super Hornet fighter, marking a significant step forward for a program intended to revolutionise the firepower of carrier air wings. The footage shows multiple Blackbeard test rounds carried beneath an F-18 during flight testing, at a time when the Navy is currently aiming to introduce the weapon into at least limited operational service by 2028. The Blackbeard was designed as a relatively inexpensive and rapidly producible long-range strike weapon.
F-18E/F Fighter with Blackbeard Missiles
