An image of a hypersonic gliderlike object broadcast by chinese state media in. Hypersonic missilesspecifically, hypersonic glide vehicles and hyper sonic cruise missilesare a new class of threat able to penetrate most missile defenses and to further compress the timelines for a response by a nation under attack. Background and issues for congress congressional research service 3 figure 1. A hypersonic boostglide vehicle the type tested by sandia launches into space aboard a rocket, then detaches and uses only its momentum to sail across the upper atmosphere before finally plunging back to earth and its target. Technically, the boostglide vehicle is likely to be the first operational system, as the number of global successful tests of prototype systems outpaces any other hypersonic technology by far. Mar 16, 2020 china also has been developing a hypersonic glide vehicle hgv and hypersonic cruise missiles. Research on state estimation of hypersonic glide vehicle. The dfzf is a chinese hypersonic glide vehicle hgv, previously denoted by the pentagon as wu14 and currently officially operational on october 1st, 2019, in the 70th anniversary of the peoples republic of china. Hypersonic glide vehicles are launched to a high altitude on a rocket or other boost vehicle and then glide to their destinations at hypersonic speeds. Pdf boundary layer transition studies on the hexaflyint. Last year, china conducted flighttest of a new series of ballistic missile, named df17, with a hypersonic glide vehicle hgv. Characteristics of hypersonic glide vehicles hypersonic glide vehicles hgvs, like all weapons delivered by medium and longerrange rocket boosters, can travel at speeds of at least mach 5, or about 1 mile per second. The united states, russia and china are developing hypersonic boost glide vehicles.
The russians have released few concrete details about the weapon, but from the information available, it appears the weapon is a socalled hypersonic glide vehicle, said thomas juliano, an. Similar efforts by russia led to the kholod and gll8 igla hypersonic test projects, and more recently the yu71 hypersonic glide vehicle which can be carried by rs28 sarmat. In august this year, china academy of aerospace aerodynamics caaa has conducted a test launch of its sky star2 waverider hypersonic flight vehicle at the northwest test range. Most hypersonic weapons fall into two categories, hypersonic glide vehicles hgvs and hypersonic cruise missiles hcms. Darpa issues presolicitation notice for glide breaker. The df17 missile with a hypersonic glide vehicle was first publicly revealed in 2019. It can deliver both nuclear and conventional payloads. A closer look at what systems russia actually has in place and in the pipeline. Boundary layer transition studies on the hexaflyint hypersonic glide vehicle conference paper pdf available october 2019 with 222 reads how we measure reads. Future hypersonics could be artificially intelligent. The df17 is the first hypersonic glide vehicleequipped missile intended for operational deployment ever tested. A boost glide vehicle, for this paper, refers to an unpowered hypersonic vehicle that is launched from a ground based booster and then glides after separation. Mason hypersonic aerodynamics 117 73116 figure 116. Basic concepts of hypersonic lifting vehicles a hypersonic glide vehicle achieves range by exchanging its kinetic energy, plus a small amount of potential energy, for dis tance.
Hyperglide vehicle technology can complicate our sensing and our defensive approaches. Thermal management in a scramjetpowered hypersonic cruise. Hypersonic weapon basics missile defense advocacy alliance. Russian hypersonic glider weapons would easily penetrate u. Darpa starts work on glide breaker hypersonic weapons defense project the programs main goal is to find ways to make americas enemies. Oct 05, 2018 one centers around a missile launched from the surface, which releases a warhead that will glide at hypersonic speeds to the target. The configuration body shape is a delta planform with an elliptical cone forebody and an elliptical crosssection afterbody. First flight tests of chinas hypersonic glide vehicle were conducted in 2014. This paper aims at providing a steady glide trajectory using numerical optimal method. The two programs similar have challenges except their mission. Air force introduces hypersonic flight research vehicle. Avangard max boost speed is on the order of mach 27, however, while gliding atmospheric drag reduces the speed to mach 15 20.
Bush administration, analysts began to note that longrange ballistic missiles armed with conventional warheads would be an ideal weapon for this mission. Such weapon is harder to intercept due to its extreme speed and maneuverability. Apr 23, 2012 an artists illustration of darpas hypersonic technology vehicle 2 htv2 travelling at,000 mph, or mach 20, during its aug. May 15, 2018 the hypersonic glide vehicle, dubbed avangard, is designed to sit atop an intercontinental ballistic missile. Dfzf, a hypersonic glide vehicle known in the united states as the wu14, has undergone more than a half dozen development tests between 2014 to 2016. Bell aircraft company studies of boostglide military systems the first manned winged reentry vehicle the x15 ames exploratory comparative study of hypersonic systems project hywards. It boosts into the upper atmosphere atop a rocket then detaches and glides toward its target, performing small maneuvers en route.
The later df26, a development of the dp21, may be armed with the wu14, a hypersonic glide vehicle that has been successfully tested six times by the chinese. We will consider two cases, one supersonic, the other hypersonic. We have a unique, comprehensive approach that uses advanced technologies across our defense portfolio. Sketch defining the hypersonic directional stability problem now, for a highspeed flow, we will assume that the vertical tail is a twodimensional surface with a constant pressure on each side, so that. The naca round iii meeting at ames on october 1618. Darpa starts work on glide breaker hypersonic weapons. Department of defense is pursuing two types of hypersonic weapons technologies. The cav is able to glide without power through the atmosphere by relying on aerodynamic control. The avangard is one of the six new russian strategic weapons unveiled by russian president. A model is also used to calculate the tactical warning time that a boost glide attack would afford an adversary. The hypersonic glide vehicle, dubbed avangard, is designed to sit atop an intercontinental ballistic missile.
Its proximate timing to that of russia recalls chinas previous flight tests, which often came on the heels of those conducted by the usa. Death of darpas superfast hypersonic glider explained space. Conventional prompt global strike and long range ballistic. The air force has officially named the hypersonic flight research vehicle it is testing the vehicle, dubbed x60a, is being developed by generation orbit launch services inc. In this paper, a hypersonic glide vehicle gliding reentry ballistic characteristics are analyzed through modeling and simulation methods, and the difficulties of. Eighty years after they were first conceived, hypersonic boostglide weapons. Pdf research on state estimation of hypersonic glide vehicle. It is our endtoend solution that offers a tailored and layered approach for specific. As a new concept weapon, hypersonic glide vehiclehgvbrings new challenges to existing air defense antimissile. Hcms are powered by highspeed engines during their entire. Apr 30, 2016 the united states, russia and china are developing hypersonic boost glide vehicles. Apr 25, 2019 a hypersonic boostglide vehicle the type tested by sandia launches into space aboard a rocket, then detaches and uses only its momentum to sail across the upper atmosphere before finally plunging back to earth and its target.
Aug 15, 2017 chinas hypersonic glide vehicle test was reportedly a success and occurred just days after russia carried out its own test. The united states, in contrast to russia and china, is. Many additional countries including australia, china, france, germany, india and the united states are also developing hypersonic weapons for their potential to penetrate advanced missiledefence systems and threaten mobile missile launchers. Hypersonic missile nonproliferation rand corporation. Steady glide trajectory optimization for high lifttodrag ratio reentry vehicle is a challenge because of weakly damped trajectory oscillation. Jan 16, 2019 avangard is a hypersonic glide vehicle. In order to defend the hypersonic glide vehicle hgv, a costeffective singlemodel tracking algorithm using cubature kalman. India, japan developing hypersonic missiles to counter. Dfzf is a hypersonic glide vehicle and can reach speeds of up to mach 10. Hypersonic glide vehicles and cruise missiles north korea hwasong15 icbm iran emad1 mrbm with marv russia concept hypersonic glide vehicle china dong feng df26 irbm hypersonic.
A new steady glide dynamic modeling is formulated via extending a trajectoryoscillation suppressing scheme into the threedimensional reentry dynamics with a. Vanguard, previously known as objekt 4202, yu71 and yu74, is a russian hypersonic glide vehicle hgv, that can be carried as a mirv payload by the ur100uttkh, r36m2 and rs28 sarmat heavy icbms. A costeffective tracking algorithm for hypersonic glide. Heres what we know about russias hypersonic waverider weapon. Once launched, it uses aerodynamic forces to sail on top of the atmosphere. Navy tested an unnamed boost glide weapon in november 2017. The air force flew the hypersonic technology vehicle 2htv2 and the army flew the advanced hypersonic weapon ahw. Army jointly executed the launch of a common hypersonic glide body chgb, which flew at hypersonic speed to a designated impact point. This weapon was specially designed to penetrate sophisticated air defense systems.
Dec 28, 2017 the df17 is the first hypersonic glide vehicle equipped missile intended for operational deployment ever tested. An unpowered hypersonic vehicle is carried to altitude boosted by a rocket, detaches in the vicinity of 100 km altitude, and subsequently glides on the top of the atmosphere at speeds of 810 mach. The chinese military has been developing df17 a ballistic missile combined with an hgv. A boosted glide vehicle launched by the united states army. Such missiles are being developed by the united states, russia, and china. The united states, russia and china are developing hypersonic boostglide vehicles. Hgvs are unpowered and glide to their targets from a high altitude after initial launch by a rocket. Steady glide dynamic modeling and trajectory optimization. The second pathway is an airlaunched hypersonic missile. The results of analyses for estimating the aerodynamics of a representative family of allbody hypersonic aircraft configurations are presented. Chinas hypersonic glide vehicle test was reportedly a success and occurred just days after russia carried out its own test. Df17 ballistic missile with a hypersonic glide vehicle. Crs image based on an image in gliding missiles that fly faster than mach 5 are coming, the. The dfzf is designed to mounted on a df17, a type of ballistic missile specifically designed to carry hgvs.
An image of a hypersonic gliderlike object broadcast by. Concurrently, the missile defense agency mda monitored and gathered tracking data from the flight experiment that will inform its ongoing development of systems designed to defend. A simple model of their trajectory is developed by assuming that the vehicle does not oscillate during the transition to equilibrium gliding. They are expected to fly at altitudes between 25 and 60 miles. The advanced hypersonic weapon ahw is a demonstrative longrange glide vehicle capable of flying within the planets atmosphere at hypersonic speed. Hypersonic boost glide weapon analysis, flight profiles. One centers around a missile launched from the surface, which releases a warhead that will glide at hypersonic speeds to the target. Steady glide dynamic modeling and trajectory optimization for.
Sep 06, 2018 darpa starts work on glide breaker hypersonic weapons defense project the programs main goal is to find ways to make americas enemies think twice before using hypersonic weapons. Hypersonic weapons are the new frontier in warfare and they come in two types. Pdf in order to estimate the motion state of the hypersonic glide vehicle, a motion model based on the aerodynamic parameters of the prototype cavh. Hypersonic vehicles joint air power competence centre. Terrestrialbased detection of ballistic missiles vs. Jan 20, 2019 note the significance of that phrasing. Cockburn recounts impracticableweapons projects, including russias avangard hypersonic glide missile, ronald reagans star wars project, the uss 1951 nuclearpoweredbomber project, and the uss 1950s dynasoar boost glide weapon project suggested by walter dornberger, a favorite of hitlers who had overseen the v2 rocket program. A number of lowfidelity models exist in the open literature for full scramjetpowered hypersonic vehicles, and some of these models incorporate passive tps models where the material on the outer surface of the vehicle absorbs energy, preventing the energy from seeping into the structure. An artists illustration of darpas hypersonic technology vehicle 2 htv2 travelling at,000 mph, or mach 20, during its aug. Russia hypersonic weapon likely ready for war by 2020. Hypersonic missilesspecifically, hypersonic glide vehicles and hyper.