GAO: Navy running ~24 months behind on Zumwalt-class CPS hypersonic missile installation, with scale-up and quality-control issu
The Government Accountability Office says the U.S. Navy is roughly two years behind schedule modernizing its three Zumwalt-class destroyers with the Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS) hypersonic capability. GAO also flags manufacturing and quality-control challenges affecting the missile’s ability to reach planned production rates.