Posted on 06/19/2019 5:58:03 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
Northrop Grumman and Raytheon have revealed that they have been working together on a scramjet-powered hypersonic cruise missile, which uses an engine that is entirely 3D-printed. Their design is competing against one from Lockheed Martin under the Defense Advanced Research Project's Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept program, or HAWC.
The two companies publicly announced their partnership at the 2019 Paris Air Show on June 18, 2019, but they have been working together secretly for years on HAWC, according to Aviation Week. DARPA began the HAWC program in 2014, in cooperation with the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL).
"We have a flight test planned for the near future where we will begin flying this particular class of weapon system," Tom Bussing, the Vice President of Raytheon's advanced missile system division, told reporters in Paris. "This weapon is fundamentally game-changing. There’s nothing like it."
Raytheon had revealed concept art of the missile ahead of the Paris Air Show. From what we can see so far, the design has a relatively typical layout for this weapon concept, with a rocket booster attached to the rear of the main scramjet-powered weapon. The booster motor will accelerate the missile to near hypersonic speed in order for the scramjet to work properly, before falling away.
(Excerpt) Read more at thedrive.com ...
In aerodynamics, a hypersonic speed is one that greatly exceeds the speed of sound, often stated as starting at speeds of Mach 5 and above.[1]
Almost 30 minutes had passed (in the middle of the day) and no new threads had been posted.
Sum Ting Wong.
The strongest evidence in the universe, confirms there is no other intelligent life
“Well l guess not that secretly if we are reading about it here.”
Shhhh...keep your voice down
In sufficient quantity, and if they are coherent.
I understand there's a class of device that Amplifies Light by the Stimulated Emission of Radiation …
Perhaps that sort of thing could help you out.
Scramjets have been around for a while but this is the first one to utilize 3-D printing to manufacture the engine.
fast enough and long enough
It all comes down to detection and response. A hyper-sonic missile vs a wall of lead still ends up destroying the missile.
- -
I’d be a lot more confident if we hadn’t recently had two fatal incidents where U.S. warships failed to detect freighters that are about a city block long and move at about 24 knots.
We mere mortals don't know what the new methods of defense are, now do we?
LOL - yeah, do have a point!
I'm re-posting full sized the graphic posted by gaijin. If you look at the last part of the graphic #4, you will learn that indeed they can be steered toward a moving target. Just they are not telling us how they actually do it.
Great civilizations and empires are defeated from within, due to corruption, demographics and cultural failure.
However, while the USA still enjoys global reserve status, why not continue to run up $x billion annual budget deficits and an $x trillion balance in the national debt?
The name of the game is to ride the wild pony; check logic and common sense at the door. If the MIC wants to develop weapons systems and other fun playthings to feed their fantasy of regional kinetic conflict, who are we to disagree?
In the meantime, the clock is ticking against certain countries that so foolishly believe the false rhetoric that diversity is a strength. Which global adversary most definitely does NOT follow that program? Second question: would anyone be surprised that China is one of the chief culprits financing the demographic destruction of the USA?
Rome was finally defeated by the associated Germanic tribes decades/centuries after it began its terminal decline. Why waste resources against a vibrant enemy, when time will do most of the work for you? Osama was right, people favor the strong horse.
“Mere mortals” has nothing to do with it. And its called classified TS-CW SAP. So if you understand that, you would understand what I said.
If you use a fielded weapon, you are presumed to have been trained in its use, but not its manufacture. This is not a fielded (as far as we know) weapon - so everyone knows only what’s in the public realm.
You mean, like the laser systems that the navy has been testing for years, and plans to begin deploying this year?
would anyone be surprised that China is one of the chief culprits financing the demographic destruction of the USA
Suit yerself, sport.
When I was a kid (early 60’s), the Boy Scout magazine Boy’s Life published a serialization of a story about a light sail yacht race. Fun story.
Scramjet tests have all blowed up real good.
They could -- IF you can detect it, switch your weapons to "active", and manage to get a targeting lock on the thing in time.
In the first few hours of a conflict, I'm thinking most CO's will not put their weapons on "automatic engage" until too late.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.