{"id":18669,"date":"2022-06-21T18:53:11","date_gmt":"2022-06-21T18:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2022\/06\/21\/pentagon-should-consider-national-hypersonic-initiative-to-speed-development-lawmakers-say\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:07:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:07:01","slug":"pentagon-should-consider-national-hypersonic-initiative-to-speed-development-lawmakers-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/battlefield-tech\/2022\/06\/21\/pentagon-should-consider-national-hypersonic-initiative-to-speed-development-lawmakers-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon should consider \u2018National Hypersonic Initiative\u2019 to speed development, lawmakers say"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 A provision in the House Armed Services Committee\u2019s draft policy bill could pave the way for a \u201cNational Hypersonic Initiative\u201d aimed at addressing development and testing gaps and accelerating the Pentagon\u2019s path to fielding the technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. Department of Defense is investing in a number of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air\/2022\/03\/14\/what-should-be-the-united-states-next-move-on-hypersonic-tech\/\" target=\"_blank\">hypersonic research and development efforts<\/a> across the military services, and lawmakers say they\u2019re concerned about coordination as well as workforce and industrial base limitations, according to the committee\u2019s proposed fiscal 2023 defense policy legislation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In light of threats from China and Russia, the Pentagon has<a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/2022\/02\/02\/new-strategy-will-harness-emerging-tech-to-beat-adversaries\/\" target=\"_blank\"> prioritized research and development of hypersonic systems<\/a>, which can travel at or above Mach 5. The department is expected to spend $15 billion between 2015 and 2024 to advance the technology, and the White House\u2019s National Security Council earlier this year added hypersonic capabilities to its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/battlefield-tech\/2022\/02\/08\/white-house-recognizes-hypersonics-directed-energy-as-critical-technologies\/\" target=\"_blank\">list of critical technologies<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The bill language directs the department to explore options for creating a National Hypersonic Initiative that would guide collaboration among the services and agencies involved in development and testing activities. It would also focus on partnerships with with academia and the private sector on technology maturation and drive \u201cinnovative solutions\u201d to accelerate production and increase manufacturing capacity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The provision, if approved, would require a report on these options from the Secretary of Defense by Feb. 1, to include five-year budget estimates for efforts that require funding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lawmakers also want the department to conduct a review of its hypersonic programs and priorities in light of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/2022\/05\/16\/most-projects-on-pentagons-57b-wish-list-likely-to-stay-unfunded-in-fiscal-2023\/\" target=\"_blank\">shortfalls in testing infrastructure<\/a>. Industry executives <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/industry\/2022\/02\/04\/top-pentagon-officials-met-with-industry-executives-about-hypersonics-what-comes-next\/\" target=\"_blank\">told Pentagon leaders in February<\/a> that a gap in testing resources, particularly the wind tunnels used to test flight characteristics for hypersonic vehicles, is one of the primary impediments to fielding those systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mark Lewis, executive director of the National Defense Industrial Association\u2019s Emerging Technology Institute, said June 16 at the virtual Defense One Tech Summit that DoD\u2019s test and evaluation infrastructure is \u201cjust not suited to moving quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe have limited tunnels, we have limited flight-test opportunities and that\u2019s impacting the rate at which we\u2019re going,\u201d said Lewis, who formerly served as the Pentagon\u2019s acting deputy undersecretary of defense for research and engineering. \u201cIf you look at our key tunnels right now, they tend to be oversubscribed, and that means programs are climbing all over each other to try to get access to those tunnels.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lewis added that if a program manages to schedule wind tunnel testing time and later experiences a setback that causes a delay or they want to conduct follow-up tests, they often must wait weeks or months to get back on the schedule. When programs can only conduct one or two tests at a time, he said, it affects their progress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNot surprisingly, we\u2019re not having really high success rates,\u201d he said. \u201cBecause if you don\u2019t do something often enough, you just don\u2019t get very good at it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The assessment lawmakers proposed should consider whether there are federal government or commercial test facilities DoD could use to help address capacity issues. As part of the report, the committee wants the Pentagon to consider what agreements would be needed to take advantage of that infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Along with the review, lawmakers want the department to make a plan for how it will work with other federal agencies and industry to use their hypersonic testing facilities. 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