It became known who in the USA will be engaged in the hypersonic weapon
Raytheon wins a $ 63,3 million forward-looking United States Department of Defense Research Department contract in which the corporation will continue to develop a hypersonic tactical program. weapons. One of the main tasks that the United States Air Force and DARPA set for the contractor will be the creation of an advance project, one of the key steps in the development of any new technology.
In the description of the technical specifications of the "extended range tactical weapons" to achieve hypersonic speeds (speeds exceeding 5M), "the rocket accelerates the payload to the peak, after which it separates and flies to its destination without an acceleration unit."
The US military believes that the hypersonic weapon will allow them to reduce the response time to threats and to fire from distances more distant and with an efficiency higher than the current weapons systems allow.
- said Dr. Thomas Bussing, vice president Raytheon Advanced Missile Systems.
Raytheon is one of the largest companies operating in the arms and cyber security market. In 2018, its revenues amounted to 27 billions of US dollars. The corporation employs 67 thousand employees, its products are shipped to more than 80 countries.
The company has become one of the main contractors of the United States armed forces, concerned about the development of hypersonic weapons in connection with the lag in this area from Russia and China. America is consistently increasing its financial support for the development of promising technologies in this area.
For example, in the 2018 year, Lockheed Martin made two deals totaling 1,7 billion dollars to make such missiles for the Air Force. And then received a bonus contract in the amount of 846 million dollars - for the same purposes.
- said Senator Jack Reed, during the hearing of the Committee on the Armed Forces, held with the participation of the United States Air Force General John Heithen from the US Strategic Command.
The senator said the American defense was designed to counter older technology.
- noted the representative of the Strategic Command at the same hearing.
In the description of the technical specifications of the "extended range tactical weapons" to achieve hypersonic speeds (speeds exceeding 5M), "the rocket accelerates the payload to the peak, after which it separates and flies to its destination without an acceleration unit."
The US military believes that the hypersonic weapon will allow them to reduce the response time to threats and to fire from distances more distant and with an efficiency higher than the current weapons systems allow.
This contract will be another successful case in the growing package of our company's projects related to hypersonic weapons.
- said Dr. Thomas Bussing, vice president Raytheon Advanced Missile Systems.
Raytheon is one of the largest companies operating in the arms and cyber security market. In 2018, its revenues amounted to 27 billions of US dollars. The corporation employs 67 thousand employees, its products are shipped to more than 80 countries.
The company has become one of the main contractors of the United States armed forces, concerned about the development of hypersonic weapons in connection with the lag in this area from Russia and China. America is consistently increasing its financial support for the development of promising technologies in this area.
For example, in the 2018 year, Lockheed Martin made two deals totaling 1,7 billion dollars to make such missiles for the Air Force. And then received a bonus contract in the amount of 846 million dollars - for the same purposes.
Hypersonic weapons are becoming increasingly important to us.
- said Senator Jack Reed, during the hearing of the Committee on the Armed Forces, held with the participation of the United States Air Force General John Heithen from the US Strategic Command.
The senator said the American defense was designed to counter older technology.
As our opponents move to new cruise missiles and develop hypersonic technology, this challenges our ability to provide the means to detect these threats and their effective deterrence methods.
- noted the representative of the Strategic Command at the same hearing.
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