Mary-Louise Hoffman
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory wants industry proposals for a program to build and demonstrate a munition system that would hit targets at a hypersonic speed, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Thursday.
John Keller writes AFRL’s munition directorate issued a broad agency announcement to solicit ideas about possible enabling technologies for the High Speed Strike Weapon.
The solicitation centers on the areas of modeling, simulation and analysis, ordnance, structures and manufacturing, conceptual design and systems integration, propulsion and guidance navigation.
Keller said the Air Force wants the HSSW to launch from ground, aerial or maritime platforms to attack and destroy targets anywhere in 30 minutes or less.
Boeing and Lockheed Martin are building air-breathing and boost-glide vehicle demonstrators for the military branch, according to the report.
