DefenseNews reports that Cummings Aerospace’s Hellhound drone, recently tested at 384 mph, is the fastest kamikaze drone in the US Designed for the Army’s LASSO program, it features a modular payload, vertical launch, and proven reliability in extreme conditions. At this week’s Space and Missile Defense Symposium, the company unveiled a new 3D printed S4 variant aimed at homeland air defense, including counter-drone missions, potentially supporting President Trump’s proposed “Golden Dome” missile shield. They write:

Cummings Aerospace unveiled a variant of its Hellhound drone designed to meet homeland defense missions at the Space and Missile Defense Symposium in Huntsville, Alabama, this week.

The company is taking its S3 variant and beefing it up into a new S4 variant to take on air defense missions, particularly countering drone threats, that could fit within the framework of President Donald Trump’s homeland missile defense shield dubbed Golden Dome. […]

A large portion of the Hellhound air vehicle is made using commercially available 3D printers in-house and buying commercially available standard parts that are not unique to just a few suppliers, Cummings said. […]

The company is “well suited to bring forward the solution set for Golden Dome as part of that layered defensive strategy,” she said. “Cummings Aerospace was built on missile defense programs. That’s how we first got started, and so we have, over the last 16 years, contributed to almost every interceptor, sensor or [command-and-control] program within the missile defense portfolio.”

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Cummings Aerospace partnered with ATRX to develop affordable supersonic and hypersonic versions of its Hellhound UAS, integrating ATRX’s Air Turbo Rocket technology, according to Breaking Defense. A first vertical test flight is expected in 18–24 months, with ongoing development to expand multi-mission capabilities. See ATRX’s Air Turbo Rocket test below.