Bringing Hypersonic Missile Capability to the Fleet

Abstract

Hypersonic glide body weapons represent a revolutionary change in offensive capabilities for militaries around the world. The U.S. Navy is developing a hypersonic glide body capability with the Conventional Prompt Strike Program, which has a scheduled initial operational capability of 2025. This capstone project has developed candidate systems that describe how the Army's Long Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW) system could be integrated onto various vessels to deliver a hypersonic glide body capability to the Navy before the Conventional Prompt Strike Program is operational. Research indicates that the LRHW is the most mature hypersonic glide body system developed by the United States, and integrating its use aboard Navy ships is the most likely path to success. This capstone describes the user concerns, system requirements, and concepts of operation through the development of systems engineering products that describe each of the candidate systems.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2021
Accession Number
AD1164210

Entities

People

  • Cole Rice
  • Sebastian I. Banuchi
  • Thia N. Tank
  • Thomas M. Hughes

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Ballistic Missiles
  • Boats
  • Fire Control Systems
  • Fleet Ballistic Missiles
  • Hypersonic Missiles
  • Hypersonic Weapons
  • Land Attack Missiles
  • Marine Transportation
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • Munitions
  • National Security
  • Naval Operations
  • Naval Warfare
  • Navy
  • Prompt Global Strike
  • Rockets
  • Short Takeoff Aircraft
  • Systems Engineering
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies
  • Missile Defense Systems.

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics