Concept art of the system. Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.
Popular Mechanics: Project Mayhem, the Air Force's Secret Hypersonic Bomber, Has Begun Cooking
* Project Mayhem, the Air Force’s secret hypersonic bomber, would be an air-breathing Mach 10 replacement for the SR-71.
* The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory recently awarded a $334 million contract to several engineering companies, including Draper, to oversee the designs, prototypes and tests of Project Mayhem.
* At hypersonic speeds, heat makes building and testing hypersonic planes tricky business.
The engineering of next-gen weapons and defense systems is a science built around speed.
In 2018, Russia made headlines when President Vladimir Putin revealed the country’s hypersonic missile system, the Kh-47M2 Kinzhal, in a sizzle reel video showing the missile blowing up Florida, of all places. Although the video wasn’t quite as sleek as a new iPhone reveal, the message was apocalyptically clear: the era of hypersonic weapons was here.
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Update #1: US' hypersonic missile 'Mayhem' gets a boost from Kratos (Interesting Engineering)
Update #2: The Incredible Capabilities Of The Air Force's New Hypersonic Bomber, And Why It's So Important (Slash Gear)
WNU Editor: an air-breathing Mach 10 replacement for the SR-71. If they can accomplish that it will be impressive.
2 comments:
Dont go there ur souls stay away it's not the will of God u fools
Scramjets is the hypersonic holy grail. The USA pioneered this about 12 years ago then shelved it until President Trump restarted American R&D.
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