US Air Force launches new aircraft hypersonic missile program

US Air Force intends to develop its own hypersonic weapon. According to Flightglobal, the Future Hypersonics Program involves the creation of a two-stage aviation hypersonic missiles.

According to the publication, the US Air Force is currently looking for companies that will create a hypersonic missile designed to launch from a fighter or bomber.

According to the requirements of the military, the rocket must be two-stage, while the first booster stage must be solid fuel. It is assumed that it will accelerate the rocket to a speed at which the hypersonic jet engine will turn on. It is planned that the rocket will be equipped with a conventional warhead. Among other requirements is the principle of open rocket architecture.

A preliminary design of the rocket should be submitted for protection in the fall of 2021.

Note that this is not the first project to create hypersonic weapons launched by the US Air Force. It was previously reported that the US Air Force, together with the Department of Defense Advanced Defense Research Agency (DARPA), is also working on the Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept (HAWC). It is assumed that the new hypersonic missile will be used by both B-1B and B-52 bombers, and fighters, including the F-35. The tender for the creation of a new ammunition involved Raytheon and Lockheed Martin. HAWC prototype testing is scheduled to take place before the end of 2020.

Comments

[Teberii]

We decided to bring third-party companies to the solution of the problem, it does not work without the ideas of others. As they say, one head is good, and two is better.

[voyaka uh]

The Air Force does not have its own companies. All companies in the USA are private.
Tender announced, as usual.

[Same lech]

All companies in the USA are private.
Tender announced, as usual.

Well this is some money in this business will rotate ... a tidbit.

[voyaka uh]

Whoever wins the tender will earn.
The rest will fly by.
They already flew a prototype with ramjet engine.
Full of pictures. X-51

[spech]

Whoever wins the tender will earn.
The rest will fly by.

That is, the Pentagon does not give money for the "concept"?

[voyaka uh]

Give, like, a deposit. But you won’t get hold of it.

[Gegemon]

Quote: voyaka uh

Give, like, a deposit. But you won’t get hold of it.

Well, Israel is always a plus in a failed project or not ..

[Sky strike fighter]

Why didn’t they bring the X-51 to mind?

[Maikcg]

The documents on "Cold", privatized in the holy 90s, have ended.

[NEXUS]

Quote: voyaka uh

The Air Force does not have its own companies. All companies in the USA are private.
Tender announced, as usual.

And as in recent years, it will be expensive and pointless.

[Gegemon]

Quote: NEXUS

Quote: voyaka uh

The Air Force does not have its own companies. All companies in the USA are private.
Tender announced, as usual.

And as in recent years, it will be expensive and pointless.

That's for sure .. The USA "slept through" Russia and celebrated "victory over the USSR" Bombing countries and robbing them with impunity ..
And now, after the "Putin cartoons", they panicked, trying to intimidate us and other countries with multi-billion dollar projects .. But when all this is done in a rush, the result is usually deplorable .. Same F-35, destroyer iron and other global military spending .. Printing machine already hot ..
Eh gentlemen "exceptional" you are sitting in a puddle for now ..

[gridasov]

Yes, in general, any programs run under theoretical development, which have the ability to be implemented in hardware and in reality. If in this case there are no such theoretical innovations, then this is only a bubble.

[knn54]

And "Lockheed Martin". Turns out, did not pull?

[Hermit21]

"Let's do it again, Misha" (c)

[rocket757]

Okay, they did it. And now what?
Look around and count who else hasn’t launched something similar from serious players?

[Gegemon]

Quote: rocket757

Okay, they did it. And now what?

Well, they will ask for more money to print and increase the military budget ..
After all, the Russians have always been insidious and something else clearly conceived ..

[rocket757]

This is obvious. But for something incredible to spy, it would be much more interesting.

[Gegemon]

Quote: rocket757

This is obvious. But for something incredible to spy, it would be much more interesting.

Everything in space will be decided .. Who among us is a hegemon!

[rocket757]

Space is a topic that is sad for us, so far and for how long, it is very not clear!
Although it is not necessary to put up with hegemony, but work hard, from all sides of the problem!
Need a type of comrade in penny! Then everything will work out quickly.

[Gegemon]

Quote: rocket757

Space is a topic that is sad for us, so far and for how long, it is very not clear!

Yes, that's for sure, but I do not believe that we will surrender our position ..

Quote: rocket757

Need a type of comrade in penny! Then everything will work out quickly.

Well, such that something is not visible in the government .. Putin gathered some subordinates and slime-eaters, this is scary!
I am for a strong Russia, so that everything and everyone clenched into a fist, in case of a threat .. In the meantime, some kind of silicone from Russia was made. There is no stiffness and purpose! It seems that Putin is terribly afraid of someone or something .... The West unearthed dirt on him or something else ... But somehow he changed and became a coward.

[rocket757]

Quote: Gegemon

Putin gathered some ....

They set the GDP itself, moved it on. This is a symbiosis, the governing SYSTEM and its public face.
The iPhone was convenient for the system, the ministers who work for it and further at its request and command.
the system either modernizes itself, which is not at all obvious, or it will be demolished, which is quite likely.
Nothing ever lasts forever!

[Incompetent]

Let's laugh that nothing will come of them, and then we are ahead ...
It’s only that the USA has unmeasured resources and talents from all over the world and the appearance of new products from them is a matter of the near future, but what will we do when the Soviet achievements run out ..

[nPuBaTuP]

> The mind cannot understand Russia,
> A common yardstick cannot be measured:
> She has a special become -
> You can only believe in Russia
Have you heard about this?
So we should not be afraid of running out of time ...

[Gegemon]

Infa slips that like Russia has already developed a system against hypersonic missiles .. So the United States is again lagging behind.

[Ros 56]

Yes, let them launch their program, right away on .... Mars.

[Old26]

Quote: Gegemon

Infa slips that like Russia has already developed a system against hypersonic missiles .. So the United States is again lagging behind.

Yeah. Based on the 2222 model photonic rocket. And it has no analogues in the world. Therefore, the Americans are far behind. And less believe the rumors. Almost all long-range air defense missiles are hypersonic. With speeds of about 8-9 M, the "lagging" Americans have the latest version of the "Standard" - SM-3 Block 2A has a speed of up to 15 M

[Gegemon]

Quote: Old26

Therefore, the Americans are far behind. And less believe the rumors. Almost all long-range air defense missiles are hypersonic. With speeds of about 8-9 M, the "lagging" Americans have the latest version of the "Standard" - SM-3 Block 2A has a speed of up to 15 M

Yes, I’ve heard all this for 30 years ..Where do not rush everywhere Amers your beloved with Israel ahead of the rest of the planet khe khe.
And when it comes to fighting, the tails are pushed up and they don’t have anything and invest money in the collapse of the countries of the world from the inside .. So much more reliable! .

[businessv]

The U.S. Air Force intends to develop its own hypersonic weapons.

Once again!

[Old26]

Quote: Gegemon

Quote: Old26

Therefore, the Americans are far behind. And less believe the rumors. Almost all long-range air defense missiles are hypersonic. With speeds of about 8-9 M, the "lagging" Americans have the latest version of the "Standard" - SM-3 Block 2A has a speed of up to 15 M

Yes, I’ve heard all this for 30 years ..Where do not rush everywhere Amers your beloved with Israel ahead of the rest of the planet khe khe.
And when it comes to fighting, the tails are pushed up and they don’t have anything and invest money in the collapse of the countries of the world from the inside .. So much more reliable! .

Vitalik, at least you didn’t write your khe-khe. Then you can not immediately figure out who is writing.
Americans have never been my favorites, but as my first boss said, no one forces you to love your enemy, but you should respect him. And the fact that our S-400 missiles have a maximum speed of 2500 m / s, while the Americans have 4,5, is a fact that cannot be attributed to love or not love. here you need to know the materiel, and not just believe that everything "has no analogues in the world"

[Gegemon]

Quote: Old26

Americans have never been my favorites, but as my first boss said, no one forces you to love your opponent, but you should respect him.

Well, here I agree with you ..

Quote: Old26

And the fact that our S-400 missiles have a maximum speed of 2500 m / s, while the Americans have 4,5, is a fact that cannot be attributed to love or not love. here you need to know the materiel, and not just believe that everything "has no analogues in the world"

And here you can argue, but I won’t .. I won’t have time khe khe

[Crimean partisan 1974]

that our missiles of the S-400 complex have a maximum speed of 2500 m / s, ......... but maybe you still need to remember the thread in mathematics and divide 2500 m per second by 330 m per second and then it appears that ???? it seems to me that it’s 8 M. and how are you doing with arithmetic along the way. Not really

[Old26]

Quote: businessv

The U.S. Air Force intends to develop its own hypersonic weapons.

Once again!

Unlike us, they are divided. The Air Force announces its own competition, the fleet - its own, the army - its own. Several firms participate in each competition. Some will leave, some will receive a contract. But as a result, they develop several systems in parallel. What the army is developing in our country is not known at all. Although, in fact, there is a certain division - "Vanguard" for the Strategic Missile Forces, "Dagger" for the Aerospace Forces, "Zircon" and, in the future, two more "minerals" for the Navy. Plus "Anchar", it is not clear for whom ...

[lvov_aleksey]

Quote: Gegemon

Quote: Old26

Therefore, the Americans are far behind. And less believe the rumors. Almost all long-range air defense missiles are hypersonic. With speeds of about 8-9 M, the "lagging" Americans have the latest version of the "Standard" - SM-3 Block 2A has a speed of up to 15 M

Yes, I’ve heard all this for 30 years ..Where do not rush everywhere Amers your beloved with Israel ahead of the rest of the planet khe khe.
And when it comes to fighting, the tails are pushed up and they don’t have anything and invest money in the collapse of the countries of the world from the inside .. So much more reliable! .

it was so reliable in the 90th - beginning of 00 years! I’m dying right now, when foreigners believe in our defense industry, it’s time to believe us too. That is, we can, but they are behind. Foreigners will never fart with our own hands in our direction, and the other side will not risk either. This is a world practice shows !!!

[lvov_aleksey]

Quote: nPuBaTuP

> The mind cannot understand Russia,
> A common yardstick cannot be measured:
> She has a special become -
> You can only believe in Russia
Have you heard about this?
So we should not be afraid of running out of time ...

you are bad at Tyutchev ...

We stand blindly before Fate
It’s not for us to rip off her cover ...
I won’t tell you
But the nonsense of prophetic spirits ......

[Old26]

Quote: Crimean partisan 1974

that our missiles of the S-400 complex have a maximum speed of 2500 m / s, ......... but maybe you still need to remember the thread in mathematics and divide 2500 m per second by 330 m per second and then it appears that ???? it seems to me that it’s 8 M. and how are you doing with arithmetic along the way. Not really

Well, do you think it is not very Russian? Or I'm wrong? Does the speed of sound at an altitude of 25-30 km also have 330 m / s? Or maybe still closer to 300? Therefore, I have written 8-9M
Before that, I wrote that

Quote: Old26

With speeds of about 8-9 M, the "lagging" Americans have the latest version of the "Standard" - SM-3 Block 2A has a speed of up to 15 M

And the fact that I wrote that we have a speed of 2500 m / s, and the Americans 4,5, without writing that it is km / s - so this is my omission. I thought that readers had enough intelligence and quick wisdom to understand that it was 4,5 km / s. But it turns out not everyone understood ...

Quote: lvov_aleksey

it was so reliable in the 90th - beginning of 00 years! I’m dying right now, when foreigners believe in our defense industry, it’s time to believe us too. That is, we can, but they are behind. Foreigners will never fart with our own hands in our direction, and the other side will not risk either. This is a world practice shows !!!

What you Alexei wrote about "belief" or "not belief" in the defense industry and so on is more a subjective opinion of our media than reality

[AVA77]

With all due respect, SM-3 Block 2A has a completely different application concept. It is designed to destroy various targets (including ballistic missiles and warheads) at atmospheric heights. And it has 3 stages, plus a propeller with its own engines .25,50 km can’t drive for it. (This is also the height of the launch, there is no separation of the warhead) In fact, this is a three-stage ballistic missile.