The Air Force is resurrecting its boost-glide missile program—an effort first launched to much fanfare in August 2018, only to see mixed results in testing and ultimately lose support from service leadership amid investment in alternative missiles.

The AGM-183A Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon, or ARRW, is one of two hypersonic concepts the Air Force is developing now, service head Gen. David Allvin told lawmakers Thursday. “You will see [them] in the budget submission, assuming it's what we had put forward,” he said, also hinting at two other classified systems currently in testing.

The Air Force first awarded Lockheed Martin a $480 million contract in 2018 to begin testing the ARRW. The missile is what’s called a boost-glide system: It reaches near-space altitudes using a rocket

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