The world of missiles is fundamentally changing
Current
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550mph (Tomahawk)
Hypersonic
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Speeds of Mach 5 or higher (~1 mile per second)
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Theoretically capable of >Mach 10
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Tests have demonstrated range of 1,200 miles/2,000kms
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Cannot be intercepted by current defense systems
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Hypersonic is an across-the-board revolution
Propulsion systems
Airframe materials
Embedded electronics
Game-changing challenges need game-changing solutions
Heat generation
G forces
Vibration
Shock
Humidity
Hypersonic will redefine ‘rugged’
Mechanical design
Heat pipes
Innovative cooling
Hypersonic will redefine ‘high performance’
- Mission computing
- Flight computing
- Real time signal processing
- Communications
- Processing more data in closer to real time
- Multicore processors
- GPGPU
- ‘Heterogeneous’ computing
- Analog to digital/digital to analog conversion
- DSP
- FPGA
- RFSoC
- Processing more data in closer to real time