American media: Thor, Gelman won a new contract for the Pentagon, developing the hypersonic weapon interceptor

[Global Network Report] According to the US "Defense News" weekly website reported on the 25th, the contract announcement released by the Pentagon on the 24th shows that in the bidding led by the Ministry of Defense's missile defense bureau (MDA), the United States Thunder God Technology Company and Noselo Pu Gehman has won contracts on continuous development of hypersonic weapon interceptors.

Screenshot of the US "Defense News" Weekly website

It is reported that the two military industrial enterprises were allowed to modify the fixed prices in the previous technical contracts. According to the contract announcement of the Pentagon, the total value of each contract is 61 million US dollars. It is reported that in November 2021, the US Missile Defense Agency chose the two companies and the Lockheed Martin company to design the gliding phase interceptor for defense of hypersonic missiles. The two companies also signed other agreements and entered the stage of "accelerated concept design".

According to the report, the gliding stage interceptor is used to intercept when the hypersonic missile is in the "gliding stage" to the target movement. However, the speed of the hypersonic missile is more than 5 times the speed of the sound, and the characteristics of maneuvering during the flight cause the trajectory that is difficult to predict the missile. Therefore, this is also a big challenge for the development of the interceptor. It is reported that these interceptors are expected to be used for the destroyer of the US military equipment with the "Aegis" ballistic missile defense system. It will launch from the standard vertical launch system and play a role in cooperating with the "Aegis" improved "baseline 9" system. "Base Line 9" can identify, track, control, and defense hypersonic weapons.

The report also stated that although Lockheed Martin did not get a contract that participated in the gliding stage interceptor to develop the next stage of project bidding, it was competing with Thor's technology company to develop the U.S. Army as a U.S. Army. Fang -led part of the concept of high supersonic inhalation weapon.

"Defense News" Weekly website reported that the above three companies did not respond to relevant comments requests, but the US Missile Defense Administration told the media in an email that the bureau could make Lockheed Martin a heavy when needed. Return to the work of developing the gliding stage interceptor.

It is worth mentioning that last month, the US Strategy and International Issues Research Center also released a report entitled "Complex Air Defense: Copper Settlement of Specific Missiles" and proposed a variety of anti -hypersonic missiles, including the high -aircraft shells in the superb super superb. Sound -speed missile flying lines are scattered with small particles to reduce their combat effectiveness. It is said that this interception method has high feasibility and low cost.

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