DARPA is playing both sides of the ball with both offensive and defensive hypersonics

DARPA is playing both sides of the ball with both offensive and defensive hypersonics
DARPA is playing both sides of the ball with both offensive and defensive hypersonics

HAWC and Glide Breaker are DARPA’s offensive and defensive hypersonic programs, respectively, and their program managers discuss what’s been done and what’s next.

‘We’ve Got To Wake Up’: Frank Kendall Calls For Defense Innovation

‘We’ve Got To Wake Up’: Frank Kendall Calls For Defense Innovation
‘We’ve Got To Wake Up’: Frank Kendall Calls For Defense Innovation

WASHINGTON: “We’ve been complacent,” Frank Kendall said. For decades, the Pentagon’s top weapons buyer said yesterday, the US has assumed its forces will be better equipped than any foe, but that’s increasingly in doubt: “Our technological superiority is very much at risk, there are people designing systems [specifically] to defeat us in a very thoughtful…

Speed Kills: The Case For Hypersonic Weapons

Speed Kills: The Case For Hypersonic Weapons
Speed Kills: The Case For Hypersonic Weapons

WASHINGTON: “I believe, today, we could build a Mach 5 cruise missile [with] off-the-shelf materials,” said Charles Brink of the Air Force Research Laboratory. “We could go 500 nautical miles in 10 minutes.” Brink should know: He ran AFRL’s record-breaking X-51 program. Now AFRL and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) are co-funding a…

House GOP Defense Heavies Slam China After Hypersonic Missile Test

House GOP Defense Heavies Slam China After Hypersonic Missile Test
House GOP Defense Heavies Slam China After Hypersonic Missile Test

CAPITOL HILL: Sometimes it can seem as if one lives on several different planets at the same time while living here in Washington. This afternoon saw three top GOP lawmakers decrying China after it apparently tested (we don’t know if the test was successful) a hypersonic vehicle. This evening, the Navy announced it is beefing…