Air Force looking at hypersonic vehicle concepts

The Air Force will negotiate a fiscal year 2017 sole-source contract with GoHypersonics to "investigate hypersonic vehicle concepts based on relevant [intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance] mission specifications, and then develop surrogate based models to use within quick-turn analysis methods to support conceptual design," according to documents posted March 30 on Federal Business Opportunities.

"ISR Futures," a development planning program to explore next-generation hunter-killer, signals intelligence and high-altitude, persistent mission sets, will help develop hypersonic platform concepts and provide data for trade analyses on vehicle and engine systems.