Setting aside hypersonic flight, Boeing’s Darryl Davis says a supersonic platform is well within the realm of the possible by 2018. However, a supersonic, intercontinental platform would probably weigh two to 2.5 times as much as a subsonic platform, Davis noted. In aircraft, weight usually equates to cost. Davis said Boeing is looking at hybrid concepts of motherships and drones, or standoff sensors coupled with passive penetrators.
House, Senate Panels Unveil Compromise 2022 NDAA
Dec. 7, 2021
Leaders from the Senate and House Armed Services committees unveiled a new version of the 2022 National Defense Authorization Act Dec. 7 in a bid to overcome gridlock and hasten the passage of the annual policy bill. The new bill combines elements of the House version and the NDAA version…