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“U.S. competitors are making enormous investments … With respect to hypersonics in particular, the United States finds itself trailing China and perhaps Russia as well. All this raises the possibility that America may find itself at a technological disadvantage in future conflicts.” (Providing for the Common Defense: The Assessment and Recommendations of the National Defense Strategy Commission, p. 10). Two intelligence community experts will provide an update on cyber threats to hypersonics technologies and development.
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In 2018, DEFENSE Forum attendees heard Dr. Griffin’s top 10 technology priorities, based on the National Defense Strategy. Hear an update on these technologies’ development, and the critical roles government, industry and academia play in getting these technologies to the warfighter.
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AIAA is pleased to announce that G. Satheesh Reddy and Rondell J. Wilson are the co-winners of the 2019 Missile Systems Award, which will be presented during the AIAA DEFENSE Forum, held 7–9 May at the Kossiakoff Center at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland.
The award recognizes excellence in developing or implementing missile systems technology, including significant technological accomplishments or for inspired leadership of missile systems programs.
Dr. G. Satheesh Reddy, Chairman of the Defence Research and Development Organization, Ministry of Defence, India, was selected for his over three decades of significant national contributions toward indigenous design, development, and deployment of diversified strategic and tactical missile systems, guided weapons, advanced avionics, and navigation technologies in India. Dr. Reddy will receive his award in India.
Rondell J. Wilson, retired Principal Engineering Fellow of Raytheon Missile Systems in Tucson, Arizona, was selected for his exemplary technical leadership and innovation that has significantly advanced the performance and capability of the world’s premier missile defense systems. Mr. Rondell will receive his award at an evening reception during the DEFENSE Forum on Tuesday, 7 May 2019.
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Join us on Wednesday, 8 May 2019 for a tour of AEDC Hypervelocity Wind Tunnel Number 9. The tour is limited to 40 people, so be sure to sign up as you’re picking up your badge at registration!
The Hypervelocity Wind Tunnel No. 9, (Tunnel 9) located at the White Oak, Maryland site of the Arnold Engineering Development Complex provides aerodynamic simulation critical to hypersonic system development and hypersonic vehicle technologies. The facility continues to supports testing for DOD, MDA, DARPA and NASA programs as well as advanced hypersonic technologies such as boost glide-type vehicles, scramjets, and trans-atmospheric space planes.
Tunnel 9 is the DoD’s primary high Mach number and high Reynolds number facility for hypersonic ground testing and the validation of computational simulations. Noteworthy advantages over other facilities include a unique storage heater with pressures up to 1900 atmospheres and temperatures up to 3650 degrees Rankine. Axisymmetric contoured nozzles for Mach 7, 8, 10 and 14 (soon Mach 18) operation are available. When compared to other hypervelocity facilities which have run times of a few milliseconds, the long test times (seconds) available in Tunnel 9 provide higher productivity by allowing for parametric variation, e.g. an angle- of-attack sweep or flow survey, during a single run. The five foot (1.5 meters) diameter test cell accommodates large-scale test articles. The combination of operational range, long test times, and large test cell results in the highest Reynolds number, largest scale ground test facility in the world capable of simultaneously collecting continuous pitch polar static force and moment, pressure and heat transfer data during each test run. Having the ability to test at flight matched Reynolds numbers provides a significant risk reduction for the design and evaluation of hypersonic systems.
For complete details on the tour, view the flyer.
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“No more business as usual. Think differently.” (The Honorable Richard V. Spencer, Secretary of the Navy, Address to Surface Navy Association, January 16, 2019.) You’ve been hearing from the experts all week; now is the time for them to hear from you. Take part in this interactive dialogue and provide your insight and feedback.
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“Success no longer goes to the country that develops a new technology first, but rather to the one that better integrates it and adapts its way of fighting. Current processes are not responsive to need; the Department is over-optimized for exceptional performance at the expense of providing timely decisions, policies, and capabilities to the warfighter.” (National Defense Strategy [Unclassified], p. 10)
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“Investments will focus on layered missile defenses and disruptive capabilities for both theater missile threats and North Korean ballistic missile threats.” (National Defense Strategy [Unclassified], p. 6). Learn about priorities of and opportunities with the Missile Defense Agency to modernize the nation’s missile defense system and an update on the tasks assigned by the 2019 Missile Defense Review.
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DoD R&E has prioritized the development of hypersonic capabilities. China and Russia have announced that they are close to fielding this technology. Hear from the DoD hypersonics lead on what the key technological and policy issues are that stand in the way of the United States developing both offensive and defensive hypersonics technologies.
