Title: "Hypersonic Persistent Configuration (HyPer) Development" Sponsor: Air Force Research Laboratory Context: “The Air Force has recently developed an idea for a vehicle capable of both traveling at hypersonic speeds and loitering for an extended period of time. Such a vehicle would be able to loiter outside of a threat area and then dash in at hypersonic speeds to strike high-value, time sensitive targets. This idea could evolve into a vehicle designed to cruise hypersonically to a theater and then loiter to provide a show of force at the onset of a conflict.” ![]() |