Overview

• On July 9, the 3d Multi-Domain Task Force sent the Long Range Hypersonic Weapon System, Dark Eagle, to Australia’s Northern Territory for Exercise Talisman Sabre 25.
• This marks the first operational use of an Army hypersonic weapon outside the continental United States and west of the International Date Line.
• Soldiers from B Battery, 5th Battalion, 3d Field Artillery Regiment delivered in-depth briefings on Dark Eagle’s capabilities to Australian and multinational forces.
• Official U.S. Army photos released by DVIDS in early August show the system in live-fire training scenarios across Northern Territory.
• Talisman Sabre, the largest biennial exercise between Australia and the U.S., focuses on high-end warfighting skills and deepening allied interoperability.