DARPA's NGHCM: More Survivable, Longer-Range Hypersonic Cruise Missile

There is a special group in the United States called DARPA that invents amazing new technology for the military.

They have a plan for a new kind of missile called NGHCM.

A cruise missile is a flying machine that can steer itself to a target.

This new missile would fly super fast, faster than the speed of sound.

DARPA wants the missile to fly faster, higher and farther than missiles today.

They also want the missile to be very hard for enemies to stop.

Missiles also need to cost a lot of money, so DARPA wants this one to be affordable to make.

If it works, many of them could be built.

This would be a huge step forward for the military.

First, DARPA will build a test version to see if it can really work.