U.S. military awards contracts for wide-ranging hypersonics projects

U.S. military awards contracts for wide-ranging hypersonics projects

Walker and Mueschke discuss contracts awarded by the US military for wider-ranging hypersonics projects in 2019. Multiple US government-led boost-glide and air-breathing prototype-development efforts continue to progress in the realm of hypersonics, defined as flight above Mach 5. The Conventional P...

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Veröffentlicht in:Aerospace America 2019-12, Vol.57 (11), p.68
Hauptverfasser: Walker, James D, Mueschke, Nicholas J
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Sprache:eng
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Aerodynamics
Armed forces
Contracts
Defense programs
Hypersonic flow
Military air strikes
Military aircraft
Missile defense
Prototypes
Subcontractors
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Zusammenfassung:Walker and Mueschke discuss contracts awarded by the US military for wider-ranging hypersonics projects in 2019. Multiple US government-led boost-glide and air-breathing prototype-development efforts continue to progress in the realm of hypersonics, defined as flight above Mach 5. The Conventional Prompt Strike program is moving the prototype Common-Hypersonic Glide Body, or C-HGB, from Sandia National Laboratories to commercial production. Specifically, in August, Dynetics Technical Solutions, based in Alabama, with subcontractors General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems, Lockheed Martin and Raytheon, was awarded a $351.6 million program to produce 20 C-HGB prototypes for the US Army, Navy and Missile Defense Agency.
ISSN:0740-722X