{"id":4558,"date":"2019-10-15T10:52:27","date_gmt":"2019-10-15T13:52:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nachodelatorre.com.ar\/mosconi\/?p=4558"},"modified":"2019-12-31T11:46:18","modified_gmt":"2019-12-31T14:46:18","slug":"creacion-de-una-base-industrial-sustentable-para-producir-sistemas-de-armas-hipersonicas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fie.undef.edu.ar\/ceptm\/?p=4558","title":{"rendered":"Creaci\u00f3n de una “base industrial sustentable” para producir sistemas de armas hipers\u00f3nicas"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/u>El US DoD (Pent\u00e1gono) lleva adelante un importante esfuerzo para desarrollar una \u201cBase Industrial\u201d, capaz de afrontar de manera sustentable la etapa de producci\u00f3n de Sistemas de Armas Hpers\u00f3nicas. En ese marco, el US ARMY ha recibido la responsabilidad del desarrollo de un componente clave de los misiles hipers\u00f3nicos, de uso com\u00fan en todas las fuerzas: el \u201cCommon Hypersonic Glide Vehicle\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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WASHINGTON \u2014 The Defense Department is making headway to build a hypersonic weapons industry in the Untied States, and the Army is spearheading the manufacturing of a key component that will be used by all the services \u2014 the Common Hypersonic Glide Body.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Army\u2019s plan is to field a long-range hypersonic weapon \u2014 capable of flying at five times the speed of sound \u2014 that will launch from a mobile ground platform by fiscal 2023.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Pentagon is in a race to develop offensive hypersonic weapons as well as defensive capabilities against hypersonic threats in an effort to offset the production of\u00a0hypersonic missiles in China<\/a>\u00a0and Russia.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The service has awarded a contract to Dynetics Technical Solutions, based in Huntsville, Alabama, to be the first to manufacture a set of hypersonic glide body prototypes, while Lockheed Martin will serve as the weapon system integrator.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Army is in charge of manufacturing the Common Hypersonic Glide Body for all of the armed services.<\/p>\n

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While there\u2019s no specific timeline, Dynetics will spend roughly a year learning how to make glide bodies from Sandia National Laboratories, Lt. Gen. L. Neil Thurgood, the director of the Army\u2019s Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office, told Defense News in an interview a few days before the Association of the U.S. Army\u2019s annual conference.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Thurgood\u2019s office is in charge of rapidly advancing hypersonic and directed-energy capabilities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s a series of events, it\u2019s not a date on the calendar\u201d for completing what is under contract, Thurgood explained, \u201cbecause when you\u2019re transitioning from labs into a new production line, there\u2019s learning associated with that, and we need that to happen before we muddy the waters with a second opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n

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But the Army does plan to award a second contract as Dynetics wraps up its assigned responsibilities. The additional contract is meant to ensure the hypersonics market is competitive, which will drive down costs and create efficiency as the military buys the weapons.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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A third contract is unlikely. But it one is awarded, it will be because of a demand signal, Thurgood said.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhat you don\u2019t want to do is create an industrial base and then add to that a competitive industrial base when the demand signal may not demand that,” he added. “What we\u2019ve put in place is the ability to have a competitive industrial base over time. And then if the demand signal demands more, we have the ability to create more leader-followers.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Additionally, with a goal of fielding hypersonic weapons by 2023, there\u2019s roughly enough time to teach two industrial teams to build the glide bodies before then.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The weapon in its entirety is coming together for each of the services with a plan to test-fire a hypersonic missile this fiscal year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Lockheed Martin is under contract to develop and produce the missile stack and the canisters into which the missile stack goes. The contract is undefinitized, Thurgood said, but is expected to be definitized by February.<\/p>\n

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Lockheed also won an Army contract to produce the transport erector launcher as well as integrate the canister, missile and command-and-control system \u2014 known as the Army Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System \u2014 into a weapons platform by 2023.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Another contract awarded Sept. 30 went to General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems to assist with flight tests and data collection for evaluation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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According to Thurgood, the services are focused on remaining synchronized in this effort through board meetings so all the services receive updates on all the moving parts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Industry and the government have also formed a hypersonics consortium, Thurgood noted.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cThe relationships between the industrial base is really important,\u201d he said. \u201cTo their credit, they are very open kimono with each other because they all know they rely on each other to be successful.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Fuente:<\/strong>\u00a0https:\/\/www.defensenews.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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