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Las principales potencias globales (EUA – China \u2013 Rusia), llevan adelante una verdadera carrera, por alcanzar en el corto plazo el despliegue operativo de los disruptivos sistemas de Armas Hipers\u00f3nicas (HWS). En el caso de EUA, el desarrollo de HWS y de Sistemas de Defensa contra ellos (C-HWS), son prioridades que demandan enormes recursos presupuestarios. (Para el 2022 se prev\u00e9n US$ 3800 Millones<\/em>). Sin embargo, el Pent\u00e1gono (DoD), ha requerido a las empresas contratadas (Lockheed Martin y Raytheon), que revean sus costos y los valores finales que tendr\u00edan los misiles en su etapa de producci\u00f3n futura, aspectos que podr\u00edan condicionar la continuidad de estos programas.<\/p>\n

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WASHINGTON, Oct 12 (Reuters) – The Pentagon wants defense contractors to cut the ultimate cost of hypersonic weapons, the head of research and development said on Tuesday, as the next generation of super-fast missiles being developed currently cost tens of millions per unit.<\/p>\n

“We need to figure out how to drive towards more affordable hypersonics,” Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Heidi Shyu told reporters at the Association of United States Army conference in Washington. She said cost was something she “would like to help industry focus on.”<\/p>\n

Currently, the U.S. uses cruise missiles which are mature technologies costing less than $5 million per unit to strike deep into enemy territory. But cruise missiles are inferior to hypersonic weapons because they have a shorter range, are far slower and more vulnerable to being detected and shot down.<\/p>\n

Both Lockheed Martin\u00a0(LMT.N)<\/a>\u00a0and Raytheon Technologies\u00a0(RTX.N)<\/a>\u00a0are working on hypersonic weapons for the Pentagon.<\/p>\n

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A Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapons Concept (HAWC) missile in seen in an artist’s conception. Raytheon Missiles & Defense\/Handout via REUTERS.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Pentagon’s budget request in the 2022 fiscal year for hypersonic research was $3.8 billion which was up from $3.2 billion they year before.<\/p>\n

In September, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency successfully tested an air-breathing hypersonic weapon capable of speeds faster than five times the speed of sound. It was the first successful test of the class of weapon since 2013.\u00a0read more<\/a><\/p>\n

Hypersonic weapons travel in the upper atmosphere at speeds of more than five times the speed of sound, or about 6,200 kilometers (3,853 miles) per hour.<\/p>\n

Shyu said “if things start to progress in success stories and as we start to buy more than onesies twosies the price curve will come down.”<\/p>\n

In July, Russia said it had successfully tested a Tsirkon (Zircon) hypersonic cruise missile, a weapon President Vladimir Putin has touted as part of a new generation of missile systems without equal in the world.\u00a0read more<\/a><\/p>\n

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

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