£20 million investment for hypersonic target to test air defence systems and boost British small businesses

Region
Europe
Source
UK Ministry of Defence

British small businesses will help develop a hypersonic ‘clay pigeon’ target, a vehicle intended to represent threats capable of travelling at five times the speed of sound, under a new £20m investment announced today.

Source: UK Ministry of Defence Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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