{"id":49832,"date":"2023-06-07T17:55:35","date_gmt":"2023-06-07T17:55:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2023\/06\/07\/new-hypersonic-testing-facility-could-boost-us-development\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:38:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:38:43","slug":"new-hypersonic-testing-facility-could-boost-us-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/pentagon\/2023\/06\/07\/new-hypersonic-testing-facility-could-boost-us-development\/","title":{"rendered":"New hypersonic testing facility could boost US development"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 Purdue University\u2019s Applied Research Institute opened the doors to a new hypersonics facility June 6, designed in part to support the Pentagon\u2019s high-speed vehicle research and testing efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 65,000-square-foot <a href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/releases\/2023\/Q2\/purdue-applied-research-institute-opens-41m-hypersonics-and-applied-research-facility.html\" target=\"_blank\">Hypersonics and Applied Research Facility<\/a> hosts a Mach 8 quiet wind tunnel, designed to closely simulate hypersonic flight \u2014 which is reached when a vehicle hits a speed of Mach 5 or higher \u2014 and provide precise data on a system\u2019s performance. It is also home to a hypersonic pulse shock tunnel that uses shock waves of high-temperature air to simulate various flight scenarios at speeds from Mach 5 to as high as Mach 40.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also located within the facility is Purdue\u2019s Hypersonics Advanced Manufacturing Technology Center, where the university collaborates with industry to improve materials and manufacturing processes and prototype fully-integrated hypersonic systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mark Lewis, chief executive officer of the Purdue Applied Research Institute and a former DoD hypersonics official, told reporters June 5 that advanced testing facilities like these not only help train the future workforce, but provide the test and research capabilities needed to advance U.S. hypersonic development at a time when Russia and China are racing to compete in this area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI believe very much that we are in a race with peer competitors that are determined to beat us in hypersonics,\u201d Lewis said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Russia and China\u2019s hypersonic advances are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/2023\/01\/06\/pentagon-racing-to-restore-us-superiority-in-hypersonics\/\" target=\"_blank\">driving a sense of urgency within the Defense Department<\/a> to field hypersonic weapons of its own and boost funding for enabling technology, including advanced materials and propulsion systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Pentagon relies on wind tunnels and other testbeds to<a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/2023\/06\/02\/defense-innovation-unit-eyes-first-flight-of-hypersonic-testbed\/\" target=\"_blank\"> validate flight characteristics<\/a> for hypersonic vehicles, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/2022\/06\/07\/house-panel-wants-independent-look-at-how-pentagon-funds-testing\/\" target=\"_blank\">but those facilities are in high demand<\/a>, limiting access even for major programs. Those constraints in ground testing, according to Lewis, play a role in the flight-test failures and program delays the department has experienced over the last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That includes the Air Force\u2019s Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air\/2023\/03\/28\/arrw-hypersonic-missile-test-failed-us-air-force-admits\/\" target=\"_blank\">logged its latest flight-test failure in March<\/a>. Service officials have said they may not progress the program to the procurement phase due to its testing woes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhy have we been having failures like that? Because we haven\u2019t been testing,\u201d Lewis said. \u201cWe need to get to a rhythm where we\u2019re testing, flight testing, constantly putting things in the air. In order to support that, we need ground test infrastructure. 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