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Activity title:
Conceptual Aggregated Design of Hypersonic Glide Vehicle (HGV)
Activity Reference:
AVT-SCI-405
Panel:
AVT
Security Classification:
NATO UNCLASSIFIED
Status:
Active
Activity type:
RTG
Start date:
2024-01-01T00:00:00Z
Actual End date:
2026-12-31T00:00:00Z
Keywords:
Controlling and Regulating Technology, Emerging Disruptive Technology, Hypersonic Glide Vehicles HGV, Radar Signature, Thermal Management, Thermal Signature, Vehicle Configuration, Vehicle Structure
Background:
The teams of AVT-ST-008 “Hypersonic Operational Threats” and AVT-359 “Impact Of Hypersonic Operational Threats On Military Operations And Technical High Level Requirements” investigated and analyzed NATOs and competitors Hypersonic Weapons programs as well as their implications for the alliance’s present defense capabilities. Along with strategical and operational considerations, the teams provided extensive information on the technical background of Hypersonic Weapons. However, work within both studies emphasized the need of a common understanding of the threat(s) and to compare individual analyses and results on the basis of common (generic) designs. Driven by that, the exploratory team AVT-ET-230 “Collaboration Opportunities for the Aggregated Design of Hypersonic Gliding Vehicles (HGV)” aimed at gathering interest of NATO nations and to check the feasibility of a research group to combine individual research capabilities to jointly generate a generic design of a Hypersonic Glide Vehicle (HGV). The positive outcome and overwhelming interest by partners led to the present TAP.
Objectives:
The nations participating in the RTG aim at combining individual research capabilities to jointly generate a generic aggregated design of a Hypersonic Glide Vehicle. The partners will contribute to the conceptual design of one or more HGVs, that will finally be down-selected to a final design proposed as a “standardised” vehicle. Ideally this should be done with a multi-disciplinary & multi-fidelity vehicle design integration focus. The down-selected final design can then be used for follow-on studies by NATO and partner nations. In order to be of interest to partners, and be representative of real threats, the team of AVT-ET-230 agreed on basic requirements for the HGV of a minimum design Mach number of 12 (up to 20), a velocity where plasma formation might come into play and can therefore be addressed by other activities using the design, and a conventional “payload” capability of at least 300kg. Sharing of responsibilities will be based on the capability’s matrix and list of possible contributions generated in AVT-ET-230.
Topics:
As a starting point, existing baseline configurations will be used as a reference for a holistic approach. The conceptual design(s) requires research efforts in the fields of Fluid Dynamics, Thermal Management, structural Design and Materials, Controlling and Regulating Technology, etc. The generic HGV concept can also be utilized for related issues like Thermal Signatures, Radar Signatures, etc., which might already be addressed on a basic level in the design phase as well.
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Created at 25/10/2023 18:00 by System Account
Last modified at 16/05/2024 15:00 by System Account
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