Abstract Due Date: CLOSED
The Call for Abstracts is closed at this time. We look forward to your submissions for the 2025 event.
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This event is restricted to and conducted at the SECRET//NOFORN level. Attendance is limited to U.S. citizens with a final SECRET clearance. Final presentations should not be more restrictive than Distribution C.
The thermal management systems topic includes all aspects of materials, manufacturing, and design that support ballistic, air-breathing, boost‐glide, defense against hypersonics, high‐energy kinetic projectiles, and re‐entry systems for military applications. This topic includes, but is not limited to all external structures such as aeroshells, windows, apertures, radomes, control surfaces, nosetips, and leading edges. Program and system overviews related to pertinent materials, challenges, and updates are encouraged.
Focus areas include:
This topic area addresses propulsion concepts that support hypersonic flight for expendable and reusable systems. The main areas of interest include rocket and air‐breathing propulsion, and responsive solutions for end game maneuverability to also include manufacturing topics that address cost and schedule. While concept development phase activities are of interest, consideration will be given to elevated Technology Readiness Levels (TRLs) and Manufacturing Readiness Levels (MRLs) where ground and flight test data from prototype propulsion components and systems are available.
Rocket Propulsion Areas of Interest Include:
Aerodynamics and aerothermodynamics play a significant role in the design of hypersonic systems, driving flight vehicle performance and robustness. These phenomena must be adequately characterized with uncertainties identified to develop guidance and control methodologies. Due to the unique challenges associated with hypersonic flight coupling of the aerodynamic and aerothermodynamic environments, advanced modeling and simulation approaches, validated by ground/flight test and evaluation are required. The HTSC Aerodynamics and Aerothermodynamics topic area addresses the challenges and ongoing investments in hypersonic system technology maturation. Focus areas include:
Hypersonic systems offer enabling capability to counter adversarial threats and provide the U.S. with significant advantages to address both offensive and defensive requirements. However, deviations from historical aerodynamic configurations and re‐entry environmental challenges require technology maturation in Navigation, Guidance & Control (NG&C) and electrical systems to support hypersonic flight systems. This topic is focused on addressing these requirements for current and future configurations of interest within the hypersonic community. Topics of interest include:
Hypersonic R&D and flight system programs are being conducted by each of the services and agencies such as the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Missile Defense Agency, and the Strategic Capabilities Office. Each organization working on hypersonics brings unique skills, capabilities, and lessons learned. Ground, air, or sea launch are examples of system differences while areas such as shape, range, size, and other key areas are vehicle unique design challenges. The program review area will focus on discussions related to current status and path forward for specific service and agency hypersonics programs including collaborative international hypersonic programs.
Hypersonic threats present a unique challenge to U.S. defensive systems. They operate at high velocity, are capable of high acceleration maneuvers, operate across a large range of altitudes, and do not have a predictable trajectory. This topic area will examine the applicability of current and future defensive systems against the hypersonic threat and is devoted to generation of key knowledge points, including modeling and simulation, to mature defensive systems that may include:
This topic area will examine technologies and capabilities for detecting, countering the operation, and counter detection of hypersonic objects. There is a need to develop the capabilities to detect and defeat the adversaries’ hypersonic threats in different flight scenarios. This topic area is devoted to examining possible detection techniques associated with the hypersonic dynamics and flight environment effects, as well as the possible techniques to counter such detection. For example, analysis and characterization of target, as well as clutter produced due to the presence of different types of density irregularities inside the flow around a hypersonic vehicle could provide valuable insights for new efficient detection and countering capabilities. Combined with technologies and testing associated with achieving hypersonic velocities, areas of interest include:
Existing subsonic missiles have developed terminal sensors to increase accuracy and lethality for both stationary and moving targets. This topic seeks abstracts that investigate terminal, ISR, and homing sensors for offensive and defensive system. The high-speed environment adds additional difficulty due to compressed engagement timeline, high surface temperature on the sensor window, and limited aperture size. In addition, future capability requirements may drive the need for developing the ability to send and receive multiple signal types and thus require a variety of sensors and windows. Areas of interest include:
This topic area addresses ground test and evaluation of hypersonic weapon technologies, components, and systems to validate models and support flight system development. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to:
Systems Engineering involves developing and executing multidisciplinary solutions to enable emerging hypersonic platform capabilities, as well as vehicle level integration of subsystems into hypersonic platforms across all mission phases and life cycle. This topic area will also cover multidisciplinary design methods to optimize system performance in a highly constrained environment. Specific focus will include, but is not limited to:
Hypersonic flight experiments and tests have been conducted for several years in the U.S. and with our international partners, the results of which have brought a wealth of data about the characteristics of hypersonic flight. This topic area is dedicated to plans, objectives, results, challenges, lessons learned, and other items related to hypersonic flight testing. It explores new ways to conduct flight tests in a resource and schedule constrained environment. Topics such as accuracy, maneuvers, thermal protection capabilities, all weather operations, range infrastructure, post flight recovery, flight termination, diagnostics, measurements, communications, SWIL/HWIL, Monte Carlo simulations, security, and capabilities will also be addressed. The ultimate goal is to share knowledge and plans of hypersonic flight experimentation and testing and determine where knowledge and efforts can be leveraged.
The ability to employ hypersonic systems (offensive and defensive) in compressed timelines is of extreme importance to the DoD. This session will examine various capabilities and the technologies related to: resource management, ISR, targeting, command and control, C2BMC, and communication and decision making as it applies to employing hypersonic capabilities. Areas of interest include:
This environment presents unique challenges in weapon effects and system lethality assessments against various target types including structural, and air, land, and sea vehicles. This topic is seeking abstracts on weapon effects and lethality related to hypersonic offensive and defensive systems. Areas of interest include:
The Modeling & Simulation, Analysis, and Design topic includes all aspects of the design and sustainment life cycle for air-vehicles, weapon systems, and warhead solutions engaging in hypersonic flight and deployment. Being able to accurately capture the complex physical interactions in a dynamic environment associated with this flight regime is critical to ensuring both strategic and operational advantage in today’s fast-paced S&T arena. In addition, advancing multidisciplinary trade study methods to optimize system performance in a highly constrained environment is also of critical importance. Specific focus areas for this topic will include, but are not limited to: