Analysis on the development of the US air-launched hypersonic weapons
In order to grasp the current development status of US air-launched hypersonic weapons,the development trends from 2018 are systematically sorted out.Its technical routes and adjustments are analyzed,and the future trends are judged After analysis,it shows that the US military has gradually shifted the R&D focus from"boost gliding+cruise"in parallel to hypersonic cruise missile since 2023.Also,the digital engineering is emphasized to accelerate the deployment and upgrading performance of multiple types of hypersonic cruise missiles for the Air Force and Navy,in a pursuit of low-cost mass production.However,there is still a gap to overcome the US military's air-launched hypersonic weapons before they could be put into actual combat.