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DARPA Issues Presolicitation For Hypersonic Technology

DARPA Issues Presolicitation For Hypersonic Technology
A 10-percent-scale model of an experimental hypersonic scramjet.

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) on Monday started soliciting research proposals for high performance leading edges for hypersonic air platforms. DARPA released a presolicitation notice for the Materials Architectures and Characterization for Hypersonics (MACH) program, which “seeks to demonstrate new thermal based design and material solutions for sharp, shape-stable leading edges for hypersonic vehicles.” The agency characterized leading edges as “an essential design feature of hypersonic aircraft” because they would dramatically improve hypersonic vehicle range, velocity, maneuverability, especially…

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