A common hypersonic glide body (C-HGB) launches from Pacific Missile Range Facility during a Defense Department flight experiment, Kauai, Hawaii, March 19, 2020.
By Rich Abott |
@ReaderRabott
1 year ago |
01/04/2024
highlights hypersonics Navy/USMC

Science Applications International Corp. [SAIC] said on Thursday it won a $63 million contract from the Navy to support advanced hypersonic concepts and strategic mission development.

The work is specifically focused on hypersonic programs within the Navy’s Strategic Systems Programs (SSP) and the Strategic Systems Hardware Division (GXW) of Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) in Crane, Ind.

The U.S. Navy, in collaboration with the U.S. Army, conducts a demonstration of advanced hypersonic technologies and prototype systems via sounding rockets in a realistic operating environment executed by Sandia National Laboratories from the NASA Wallops Flight Facility in Wallops Island, VA. on Oct. 20, 2021. (Photo: U.S. Navy courtesy of Sandia National Laboratories)
The U.S. Navy, in collaboration with the U.S. Army, conducts a demonstration of advanced hypersonic technologies and prototype systems via sounding rockets in a realistic operating environment executed by Sandia National Laboratories from the NASA Wallops Flight Facility in Wallops Island, VA. on Oct. 20, 2021. (Photo: U.S. Navy courtesy of Sandia National Laboratories)

SAIC said under this contract it will “enhance hypersonics advanced concepts and strategic missions” focused on next-generation systems, subsystems, components, features and technologies to include Hardware-in-the-Loop (HWIL) and Software-in-the-Loop (SWIL) simulations and manufacturing techniques.

It said its work at NSWC Crane will also include developing test capabilities, assessing and addressing technology gaps, recommending requirements and solutions for hypersonics advanced concepts and strategic mission areas, identifying critical enabling technologies and assessing a technology’s suitability for specific applications like flight qualification.

The company said it plans to help SSP and NSWC Crane analyze developing engineering principles from across the whole Defense Department hypersonic advanced concepts and strategic mission initiatives. 

“We look forward to furthering the full lifecycle of research and development, technology maturation, test and evaluation and eventually the insertion of next-generation technology for hypersonics through our work at the Navy’s Crane facility and other key performance locations,” said Barbara Supplee, senior vice president of the Navy business group at SAIC, said in a statement.