Artist's impression of hypersonic weapons. (Raytheon)
This kind of technical focus seeks to build upon fast emerging progress in the area of autonomy.
The Pentagon is looking to engineer self-guiding hypersonic weapons with emerging levels of autonomy to quickly adjust course in flight as needed, adapt to emerging targets, avoid defensive threats and accelerate the so-called “kill chain.”
Of course, humans would make the necessary command and control decisions when it comes to the use of lethal force, per existing Pentagon doctrine, yet enabling missiles traveling at hypersonic speeds to draw upon advanced sensors and guidance technology could, for instance, enable an attack to rapidly adjust to an enemy countermeasure, destroy an approaching interceptor or even alter its trajectory to avoid any impediments to attack.
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U.S. Hypersonic Weapons Development -- News Roundup November 23, 2020
How Fast Can the U.S. Military Build Hypersonic Weapons? -- National Interest
How Fast Is Fast Enough? A Role For Supersonic Munitions In Standoff Strike -- War On The Rocks Navy Says Hypersonic Weapons Coming to Subs in 5 Years -- USNI News
JUST IN: Pacific Air Commander Wants Hypersonic Weapons -- National Defense
Report on U.S. Hypersonic Weapon Development -- USNI News
Navy likely to commit to hypersonic deployments within five years -- Naval Technology
To gain an edge on hypersonic weapons, the Pentagon wants more help from universities -- Defense News Can the U.S. Catch Up to China and Russia on Hypersonic Weapons? -- National Interest
