Hypersonics Prototyping

Abstract

The Hypersonics Prototyping program enables integration and demonstration of emerging hypersonic technologies in an operational or operational-like environment to capitalize on successful laboratory hypersonic research and development efforts with high warfighter priority. Integration and demonstration of hypersonic prototypes also allows leadership to make informed strategy and resource decisions for future programs based on the results of such hypersonic prototype demonstrations. Hypersonic Prototyping enables a key linkage between research and development in the lab and fielding advanced technologies to the warfighter. Under this program, Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) will accelerate the technology transfer of hypersonic technologies to enable a responsive, long range strike capability. Throughout this program element will be future hypersonic development, which will incubate and mature new technologies, processes, and resources for the development and demonstration of hypersonic technology including, but not limited to, infrastructure advancements, digital engineering, open systems architecture, modeling and simulation, analytics, and high performance computing environments. Investing in hypersonics development enables the collection of valuable data, builds capacity and capability, allows hypersonic programs to leverage and build upon each other, and projects the overall technology forward. The total cost of the ARRW Rapid Prototyping Middle Tier of Acquisition effort is 1,649.19 million, including RDT&E. ARRW is fully funded across the Future Years Defense Program. This program element may include necessary civilian pay expenses required to manage, execute, and deliver weapon system capability. The use of such programs funds would be in addition to the civilian pay expenses budgeted in program element 0605827F, 0605828F, 0605829F, 0605831F, 0605832F, 0605833F, 0605898F, 0606398F. In FY 2022 3.729 million was expended for civilian pay expenses in this program element, in FY 2023 4.332 million is forecasted for civilian pay expenses. This effort is in Budget Activity 4, Advanced Component Development and Prototypes (ACD&P), because efforts are necessary to evaluate integrated technologies, representative modes or prototype systems in a high fidelity and realistic operating environment.

Document Details

• Document Type: R2 Budgetary Justification
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2024
• Source ID: 0604033F_4_3600_PB_2024
• Change Summary Explanation: In FY 2022, funding decreased $10.598M for SIBR in PE 0604033, Project 643882 Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon. In FY 2023, $316.887M from PE0604033F, Project 643883 Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile, Congressional Direct transfer to PE 0604183F, Project 644183 Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile. In FY 2024, $270.240M from PE0604033F, Project 643883 Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile, transferred to PE 0604183F, Project 644183 Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile and funding increased $150.340M in Project 643882 Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon to complete flight testing and rapid prototyping program.
• Service Agency Name: Air Force

Entities

Organizations

• United States Air Force

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Air Platforms
• Kinetic Weapons

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Acquisition
• Air Force
• Air Launched
• Contracts
• Cruise Missiles
• Digital Engineering
• Engineering
• Flight Testing
• High Performance Computing
• Life Cycle Management
• Product Development
• Product Prototyping
• Prototypes
• Software Prototyping
• Technology Transfer
• Test And Evaluation
• Weapon Systems

Fields of Study

• Computer science
• Physics

Readers

• Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.

Technology Areas

• Hypersonics