Lub Tsev Tiv Thaiv Kev Tsim Kho Tshiab Txoj Kev 'Nyiaj Ntiag Tug' Txoj Kev Ua Kom Tsim Nyog Reusable Hypersonic Test Aircraft Fast

Blazing ceev ntawm blazing kub tsis yog tib yam uas ua rau hypersonic kev tshawb fawb nyuaj. Kev sim me me dhau los, los ntawm cov cua tunnels mus rau lub dav hlau sim davhlau tiag, yog txwv kev tshawb fawb. Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Nyab Xeeb yog twv txiaj cov tswv yim lag luam ntiag tug thiab cov peev txheej ntiag tug tuaj yeem ua rau muaj qhov tshwm sim sai dua.

cov Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) yog qhov tseem ceeb ntawm Pentagon's in-house coj mus muag technology accelerator. Cov neeg ua haujlwm los ntawm kev sib xyaw ntawm cov tub rog ua haujlwm thiab cov kws tshaj lij thev naus laus zis, nws nrhiav kom tau txais kev lag luam daws teeb meem hauv lub qhov rooj, ntsuas, thiab siv rau DoD teeb meem.

Cov ntaub ntawv pov thawj ntawm cyber, autonomy thiab chaw thev naus laus zis DIU tau tswj kom hloov mus rau tub rog yog pov thawj ntawm qee qhov kev vam meej. Ua raws li cov lus cog tseg ntawm cov txiaj ntsig-los-los ntawm cov tuam txhab ntiag tug uas tsis yog ib txwm muaj, cov kev daws teeb meem no tshwm sim thiab txhim kho sab nraud kev tiv thaiv lub voj voog nrog lwm txoj kev daws teeb meem thiab ua kom tsoomfwv tsis tuaj yeem sib tw. Qhov ntawd yog qhov DIU vam tias yuav coj mus rhaub kom txav mus rau tub rog hypersonic xa mus rau pem hauv ntej.

"Peb paub tias cov nyiaj ntiag tug tau raug siv los tsim [kev lag luam] hypersonic thauj rau cov neeg caij tsheb thiab cov khoom thauj," hais tias Barry Kirkendall, DIU tus thawj coj kev lag luam rau qhov chaw. “Tsib lossis kaum xyoo dhau los, qhov ntawd tsis yog li ntawd, tab sis tam sim no. Peb xav siv cov peev txheej ntiag tug, cov tuam txhab no rau Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Tiv Thaiv. "

Raws li qhov no, DIU tau pib qhov kev pib hu ua HyCAT (Hypersonic thiab High-Cadence Airborne Testing Capabilities). Nws nrhiav cov neeg koom tes ua lag luam los ua kom pom cov qauv sim dav hlau uas tuaj yeem ya thiab ua haujlwm ntawm ntau dua Mach 5, nqa ob qhov kev sim ua haujlwm, ua haujlwm "ntev ntev" davhlau, thiab ntes cov ntaub ntawv ua haujlwm hauv davhlau. Cov neeg cog lus muaj peev xwm yuav tsum tau ya hauv 12 txog 24 lub hlis.

Los ntawm cov qauv tshawb fawb hypersonic nws yog lub qhov rai luv. Tab sis muab qhov kev thov rau kev sim hypersonic thiab backlog America tam sim no ntsib, nws yuav tsum yog.

Kirkendall tau hais tias "Kev tshawb fawb Hypersonics tau pib siv [Asmeskas] missile infrastructure, kev sim ntau yam, cov chaw tsim khoom thiab cov neeg tsim qauv," Kirkendall soj ntsuam. “Kev ua haujlwm missile yeej tsis qeeb. Qhov hloov pauv yog [kev tshawb fawb] tempo tau nce ntxiv thiab vim li ntawd peb cov txheej txheem tsis tuaj yeem daws nws. Yog li peb pom peb tus kheej leaning ntawm cua tunnels thiab kev sim ntau yam uas tsis tshua muaj muaj. Peb tsis tuaj yeem them taus los tsim cov txheej txheem tshiab thiab cov kab tshiab yog li peb tab tom nrhiav lwm txoj kev daws teeb meem. "

Lub teb chaws xeem infrastructure kuj yog laus. A daim ntawv qhia Tshaj tawm xyoo tas los los ntawm Tsoom Fwv Saib Xyuas Kev Lag Luam tau taw qhia tias 14 ntawm 26 DoD, NASA thiab Lub Chaw Haujlwm Hluav Taws Xob Cua tunnels muaj peev xwm los txhawb kev tshawb fawb hypersonic tau tsim nyob rau xyoo 1970. Tshiab private-sector cua qhov chaw nyob rau hauv kev tsim kho ntawm Purdue University thiab lwm qhov tab sis lawv cov nqi siab thiab ua tiav xyoo tam sim ntawd.

Dab tsi ntxiv, hauv av thiab cov chaw kuaj sim tsis tuaj yeem ua rau pom qhov tseeb tias cov tsheb ya hypersonic tiag tiag nrog lub hom phiaj tsim cov khoom thauj tuaj yeem. Hypersonic cua qhov khiav yog luv luv, qhov ntev tshaj plaws nyob rau hauv ib lub vib nas this. Cov sensors thiab ntsuas uas tuaj yeem muab tso rau hauv qhov av lossis hauv cov ntawv xeem raug txwv, feem ntau tso cai rau cov ntaub ntawv "snapshots" ntau dua li cov ntaub ntawv ntev dua.

Qhov kev sim dav hlau me me tau ua tiav nrog cov cuaj luaj thiab ib txhais tes ntawm lub tsheb hypersonic zoo ib yam txwv los ntawm sensor, telemetry thiab ntau yam kev sib tw. Tsuas yog ob peb lub tsheb dav hlau hypersonic rov siv tau nrog lub sijhawm ntev ntawm kev ya davhlau. Feem ntau txaws hauv dej hiav txwv uas qhov kev rov qab los tsis yooj yim.

Ua ntej koom nrog DIU, Kirkendall tau khiav qhov kev pab cuam riam phom nuclear ntawm Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Nws piv qhov tsis muaj peev xwm los sim thiab ntsuas cov khoom siv hluav taws xob tawg rau qhov kev sib tw ntawm hypersonics thiab ceeb toom peb tias kev sim hauv chav kuaj lossis simulated ya davhlau tsis tas yuav "scale" kom raug.

“Muaj ib kauj ruam nruab nrab uas ploj lawm. Peb xav tau cua tunnels, lawv tseem ceeb heev. Peb xav tau tag nrho fidelity davhlau sim riam phom. Tab sis muaj qhov sib txawv ntawm qhov nruab nrab; kev sim-specific technologies uas tsis muaj kev sib koom ua ke uas yuav txo tau qhov kev pheej hmoo. Nov yog qhov peb tab tom sim hais. "

DIU's HyCAT thov rau cov ntaub ntawv (RFI), hu rau "muaj peev xwm ntawm kev txaus siab" suav nrog:

• Peb-feeb yam tsawg kawg nkaus ya davhlau nyob rau hauv ib cheeb tsam uas muaj feem xyuam rau kev soj ntsuam hypersonic nrog nyob ze-qhov chaw ya mus tas li, tsawg kawg yog 1,000 phaus-ib-square ko taw dynamic siab.
• Muaj peev xwm raug lees paub los ua haujlwm hauv Teb Chaws Asmeskas lossis cov kev sib koom ua ke ntawm kev sib tw davhlau raws li cov cai tswj kev nyab xeeb kev tsav dav hlau uas twb muaj lawm.
• Tag nrho cov kev sim payload muaj peev xwm tsawg kawg yog 20 phaus nrog kev pab cuam rau payload hluav taws xob fais fab.

Muaj ntau lub tuam txhab lag luam ntiag tug uas nws lub hom phiaj yog tsim cov neeg caij tsheb thauj mus los hypersonic thiab cov dav hlau thauj khoom los ntawm qee hnub yav tom ntej hazy. Tej zaum qhov paub zoo tshaj plaws yog Hermeus, lub tuam txhab Atlanta uas kuv tau them yav dhau los uas twb tau siv US Air Force AFWERX nyiaj txiag los tsim lub quarter-scale, payload-carrying hypersonic davhlau sim tsheb hu ua "Quav nees"ntawm nws txoj hauv kev los ua lub dav hlau hypersonic, putatively rau kev siv thawj tswj hwm.

Kirkendall tau hais tias "Cov kab lus ntsuas peb lub hlis twg thiab ib nrab teev yog qee yam uas tuaj yeem pab DoD," "Peb tsis xav tau lub dav hlau loj tshaj plaws hypersonic neeg caij tsheb los sim hypersonic."

Quarterhorse muaj ib ceg-up nyob rau hauv ob qho tib si nyob rau hauv lub cusp ntawm tiag tiag ya davhlau thiab rov siv tau. Cov ntsiab lus tom kawg yog qhov tseem ceeb Kirkendall hais tias, tsis yog rau kev txiav txim siab nqi xwb. "Reusability yog qhov tseem ceeb rau kev nce qhov kev xeem cadence thiab nkag siab txog dab tsi nyuam qhuav tshwm sim hauv kev sim."

Los ntawm kev nkag siab "dab tsi tshwm sim" hauv kev sim, Kirkendall alludes rau ib hom forensic mus kom ze rau kev tshawb fawb hypersonic. Kev tshuaj xyuas lub dav hlau kuaj lub tsheb thiab nws cov nqi them tom qab lub davhlau tuaj yeem hla qee qhov kev sau cov ntaub ntawv thiab telemetry txwv cuam tshuam nrog kev ntsuas hypersonic.

Nws tsim nyog taw qhia tias DIU tsis yog tsuas yog thov rau tus qauv hypersonic sim aircraft xwb. Nws tseem tab tom nrhiav kom zoo dua lub davhlau kaw thiab ntsuas cov tshuab nrog rau sab saud atmospheric thiab space-based metrology technologies. DIU twb tau coj qee qhov muaj peev xwm mus rau hauv qhov quav, khoom plig Aerostar Technical Solutions 'Raven Aerostar stratospheric balloons daim ntawv cog lus rau kev sib txuas lus thiab sensor payload kev koom ua ke xyoo tas los. Kirkendall thiab lwm tus ntawm DIU kuj tseem hais txog kev ua haujlwm nrog DoD cov cuab tam uas twb muaj lawm xws li Ntiaj teb no Hawk drones uas Air Force tau rov ua lub hom phiaj rau hypersonic ntau cov ntaub ntawv sau.

"Peb xav tias peb yuav pom ntau txoj hauv kev tshiab kom tau txais cov ntaub ntawv los ntawm lub tsheb sim hypersonic uas peb tsis tau xav txog seb qhov chaw nyob, balloon-based lossis lwm yam," said Major Ryan Weed (USAF), tus thawj coj ntawm DIU's space portfolio. Cov tswv yim tshiab, nws vam tias yuav los ntawm cov tuam txhab thoob ntiaj teb thiab.

DIU tau lub hom phiaj qhib HyCAT rau cov tuam txhab txawv teb chaws txhawm rau tshawb nrhiav nrawm dua. Kirkendall tau hais tias "Peb xav kom cov neeg no thov," Kirkendall lees paub. Nws pom cov pitches los ntawm cov tuam txhab los ntawm "Five Eyes" alliance (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom & US) ntxiv rau lub teb chaws Yelemees, Fabkis thiab Nyiv.

Txawm hais tias cov lus teb los ntawm qhov twg los, lawv yuav xav tau kev soj ntsuam zoo. DIU ua raws li kev mob siab rau raws li qhov xwm txheej niaj hnub tab sis qhov tsis txaus ntseeg ntawm kev lag luam tsis muaj kev tiv thaiv hypersonic aircraft - uas zoo li UAM thiab supersonic huab cua thauj sectors tseem tsis tau tsim cov khoom lag luam - tej zaum yuav xav tau kev siv zog ntxiv.

Kirkendall thiab Major Reed (tus kws tsav dav hlau USAF) yog ob tus kws tshaj lij hauv lawv thaj chaw thiab kev ntxhov siab uas DIU tswj hwm qhov yuav tsum tau muaj rau kev ntsuas kev ua tau zoo. "Ntawm DIU nws tsis yog qhov kev ua tau zoo xwb," Reed ntxiv. “Nws kuj yog kev noj qab haus huv ntawm [tus khub] tuam txhab. Lub tuam txhab puas tuaj yeem xa cov thev naus laus zis uas lawv muaj?

Muab cov nyiaj ntau dhau ntawm cov nyiaj ntiag tug rau cov tuam txhab zoo sib xws hauv UAM qhov chaw, cov neeg tsim khoom muaj peev xwm hypersonic aircraft tiag tiag yuav muaj daim ntawv tshuav nyiaj zoo dua li cov khoom tsim tawm. Tab sis DIU ntau txoj hauv kev los ntsuam xyuas HyCAT cov neeg sib tw yuav tsum cais cov nroj tsuag ntawm chaff, nws cov thawj coj hais.

Major Reed taw qhia tias lawv ua li ntawd hauv kev txiav txim siab tsis txhob "tau txais txoj hauv kev ntawm lub tuam txhab kev nce qib mus rau lawv tus kheej cov khoom" Nws xav tias tsuas yog txoj hauv kev rau HyCAT kom ua tiav yog tsom rau cov kev daws teeb meem uas tiv thaiv tsis yog thawj daim ntawv thov.

Hais txog cov ntawv thov, cov neeg cog lus txaus siab muaj txog rau hnub Friday no los ua lawv qhov chaw rau HyCAT. Thaum kuv tham nrog Kirkendall thiab Reed lub lim tiam dhau los, lawv tau txais tsuas yog ob peb lub tswv yim. Kirkendall hais tias "Koj yeej tsis pom ib yam dab tsi tig mus txog thaum kawg iab," Kirkendall hais. DIU cia siab tias yuav muaj "ob peb lub kaum os" cov lus teb.

Yog tias lawv tuaj ua tus lej, cov nyiaj ntiag tug tom qab lawv tuaj yeem them rau cov lus tso dag qub txog kev hais lus hypersonic yog "riam phom ntawm lub neej yav tom ntej" rau 60 xyoo dhau los.