News /irt/hypersonic-vehicles/ en High-Speed Hype: The Stealth Problem With Hypersonic ‘Wonder Weapons’ /irt/hypersonic-vehicles/2023/03/29/high-speed-hype-stealth-problem-hypersonic-wonder-weapons <span>High-Speed Hype: The Stealth Problem With Hypersonic ‘Wonder Weapons’</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2023-03-29T15:30:31-06:00" title="Wednesday, March 29, 2023 - 15:30">Wed, 03/29/2023 - 15:30</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/irt/hypersonic-vehicles/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/article-thumbnail/hypersonic-missile-detection-not-so-stealthy-after-all-.png?h=ed652812&amp;itok=V_OXZbs_" width="1200" height="600" alt="Missile battery "> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/irt/hypersonic-vehicles/taxonomy/term/3"> News </a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-content-media ucb-article-content-media-above"> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--media paragraph--view-mode--default"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-text d-flex align-items-center" itemprop="articleBody"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>Ultra-fast speed may shield hypersonic missiles from radar detection. But as they plunge through the atmosphere like a meteor, will their heat signature give them away?</div> <script> window.location.href = `https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/weapons/a43400300/hypersonic-missile-detection/`; </script> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Wed, 29 Mar 2023 21:30:31 +0000 Anonymous 141 at /irt/hypersonic-vehicles Video: Computational Modeling of Hypersonic Flows /irt/hypersonic-vehicles/2023/02/22/video-computational-modeling-hypersonic-flows <span>Video: Computational Modeling of Hypersonic Flows</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2023-02-22T12:32:02-07:00" title="Wednesday, February 22, 2023 - 12:32">Wed, 02/22/2023 - 12:32</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/irt/hypersonic-vehicles/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/article-thumbnail/computational-modeling-of-hypersonic-flows-youtube.png?h=66c36378&amp;itok=469W-K9f" width="1200" height="600" alt="Robyn Macdonald "> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/irt/hypersonic-vehicles/taxonomy/term/3"> News </a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-content-media ucb-article-content-media-above"> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--media paragraph--view-mode--default"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-text d-flex align-items-center" itemprop="articleBody"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>Robyn Macdonald is an assistant professor in the Ann and H.J. Smead Aerospace Engineering Sciences Department at CU Boulder. Her research interests include hypersonic flows, computation of chemically reacting flows, chemical kinetics, and radiation modeling. Her work has broad applications for hypersonic vehicles for space travel, national defense and other applications.</div> <script> window.location.href = `/engineering/2023/02/22/video-computational-modeling-hypersonic-flows`; </script> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Wed, 22 Feb 2023 19:32:02 +0000 Anonymous 139 at /irt/hypersonic-vehicles What happens to spacecraft when they hit Earth's atmosphere at 25,000 mph? /irt/hypersonic-vehicles/2022/12/16/what-happens-spacecraft-when-they-hit-earths-atmosphere-25000-mph <span>What happens to spacecraft when they hit Earth's atmosphere at 25,000 mph?</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2022-12-16T09:44:35-07:00" title="Friday, December 16, 2022 - 09:44">Fri, 12/16/2022 - 09:44</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/irt/hypersonic-vehicles/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/article-thumbnail/what-happens-to-spacecraft-when-they-hit-earth-s-atmosphere-at-25-000-mph-cu-boulder-today-university-of-colorado-boulder.png?h=fd6ab48a&amp;itok=pLoknsYH" width="1200" height="600" alt="Capsule returning from space"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/irt/hypersonic-vehicles/taxonomy/term/3"> News </a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-content-media ucb-article-content-media-above"> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--media paragraph--view-mode--default"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-text d-flex align-items-center" itemprop="articleBody"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>Iain Boyd leads a $15 million NASA institute called the Advanced Computational Center for Entry System Simulation (ACCESS). This effort investigates new ways to protect spacecraft as they undergo the extremes of entering atmospheres on Earth, Mars and beyond. </div> <script> window.location.href = `/today/2022/12/09/what-happens-spacecraft-when-they-hit-earths-atmosphere-25000-mph`; </script> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Fri, 16 Dec 2022 16:44:35 +0000 Anonymous 138 at /irt/hypersonic-vehicles Podcast: China, Russia and the race for new hypersonic missiles /irt/hypersonic-vehicles/2022/08/16/podcast-china-russia-and-race-new-hypersonic-missiles <span>Podcast: China, Russia and the race for new hypersonic missiles</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2022-08-16T14:14:35-06:00" title="Tuesday, August 16, 2022 - 14:14">Tue, 08/16/2022 - 14:14</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/irt/hypersonic-vehicles/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/article-thumbnail/china-russia-and-the-race-for-new-hypersonic-missiles-abc.png?h=69ec21e0&amp;itok=-2vjrMCm" width="1200" height="600" alt="hypersonic missile graphic"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/irt/hypersonic-vehicles/taxonomy/term/3"> News </a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-content-media ucb-article-content-media-above"> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--media paragraph--view-mode--default"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-text d-flex align-items-center" itemprop="articleBody"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>Aerospace engineer and former NASA employee, Professor Iain Boyd, on the hypersonic arms race Beijing seems to be winning. </div> <script> window.location.href = `https://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/abc-news-daily/china-russia-and-the-race-for-new-hypersonic-missiles/101309104`; </script> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Tue, 16 Aug 2022 20:14:35 +0000 Anonymous 137 at /irt/hypersonic-vehicles Daily Camera: Department of Defense grants Boulder $7.5 million to study hypersonic vehicles /irt/hypersonic-vehicles/2022/06/06/daily-camera-department-defense-grants-boulder-75-million-study-hypersonic-vehicles <span>Daily Camera: Department of Defense grants Boulder $7.5 million to study hypersonic vehicles</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2022-06-06T11:00:27-06:00" title="Monday, June 6, 2022 - 11:00">Mon, 06/06/2022 - 11:00</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/irt/hypersonic-vehicles/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/article-thumbnail/cu-boulder-awarded-major-department-of-defense-research-grant-for-hypersonics-ann-and-h-j-smead-aerospace-engineering-sciences-university-of-colorado-boulder.png?h=536dbb1a&amp;itok=ZhyXtbGZ" width="1200" height="600" alt="Hypersonic vehicle "> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/irt/hypersonic-vehicles/taxonomy/term/3"> News </a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-content-media ucb-article-content-media-above"> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--media paragraph--view-mode--default"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-text d-flex align-items-center" itemprop="articleBody"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>University of babyÖ±²¥app Boulder researchers have partnered with universities both nationally and internationally as experts for the first time to study why communication blackouts occur to vehicles moving at hypersonic speeds — faster than the speed of sound.</div> <script> window.location.href = `https://www.coloradodaily.com/2022/06/05/u-s-department-of-defense-grants-the-university-of-colorado-boulder-7-5-million-to-study-hypersonic-vehicles/`; </script> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Mon, 06 Jun 2022 17:00:27 +0000 Anonymous 136 at /irt/hypersonic-vehicles Boyd talks supersonic airliners with the Washington Post /irt/hypersonic-vehicles/2022/06/06/boyd-talks-supersonic-airliners-washington-post <span>Boyd talks supersonic airliners with the Washington Post</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2022-06-06T10:57:39-06:00" title="Monday, June 6, 2022 - 10:57">Mon, 06/06/2022 - 10:57</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/irt/hypersonic-vehicles/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/article-thumbnail/boyd-talks-supersonic-airliners-with-the-washington-post-ann-and-h-j-smead-aerospace-engineering-sciences-university-of-colorado-boulder.png?h=66bab832&amp;itok=zO6XLprf" width="1200" height="600" alt="Iain Boyd"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/irt/hypersonic-vehicles/taxonomy/term/3"> News </a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-content-media ucb-article-content-media-above"> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--media paragraph--view-mode--default"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-text d-flex align-items-center" itemprop="articleBody"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>Iain Boyd discusses the potential and pitfalls of new supersonic commercial flights in an Washington Post article.</div> <script> window.location.href = `/aerospace/2022/05/31/boyd-talks-supersonic-airliners-washington-post`; </script> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Mon, 06 Jun 2022 16:57:39 +0000 Anonymous 135 at /irt/hypersonic-vehicles CU Boulder awarded major Department of Defense research grant for hypersonics /irt/hypersonic-vehicles/2022/03/30/cu-boulder-awarded-major-department-defense-research-grant-hypersonics <span>CU Boulder awarded major Department of Defense research grant for hypersonics</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2022-03-30T10:01:08-06:00" title="Wednesday, March 30, 2022 - 10:01">Wed, 03/30/2022 - 10:01</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/irt/hypersonic-vehicles/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/article-thumbnail/hypersonic_vehicle.jpeg?h=0a5a568e&amp;itok=sFjeCDsK" width="1200" height="600" alt="Hypersonic vehicle "> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/irt/hypersonic-vehicles/taxonomy/term/3"> News </a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-content-media ucb-article-content-media-above"> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--media paragraph--view-mode--default"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-text d-flex align-items-center" itemprop="articleBody"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>The University of babyÖ±²¥app Boulder has received a five-year, $7.5 million grant to advance the science of hypersonic flight.</div> <script> window.location.href = `/aerospace/2022/03/30/cu-boulder-awarded-major-department-defense-research-grant-hypersonics`; </script> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Wed, 30 Mar 2022 16:01:08 +0000 Anonymous 133 at /irt/hypersonic-vehicles North America vulnerable to Russian and Chinese hypersonic weapons /irt/hypersonic-vehicles/2022/03/23/north-america-vulnerable-russian-and-chinese-hypersonic-weapons <span>North America vulnerable to Russian and Chinese hypersonic weapons</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2022-03-23T08:48:01-06:00" title="Wednesday, March 23, 2022 - 08:48">Wed, 03/23/2022 - 08:48</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/irt/hypersonic-vehicles/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/article-thumbnail/image001_1.png?h=41e5fcc2&amp;itok=6BlSvuUS" width="1200" height="600" alt="Hypersonic vehicle "> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/irt/hypersonic-vehicles/taxonomy/term/3"> News </a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-content-media ucb-article-content-media-above"> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--media paragraph--view-mode--default"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-text d-flex align-items-center" itemprop="articleBody"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>North America has few options to defend against Russian and Chinese hypersonic weapons, which can manoeuvre while travelling more than five times the speed of sound. Potentially capable of carrying nuclear warheads, the U.S. is still trying to develop a similar arsenal.</div> <script> window.location.href = `https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/north-america-vulnerable-to-russian-and-chinese-hypersonic-weapons-norad-commander-1.5825995`; </script> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Wed, 23 Mar 2022 14:48:01 +0000 Anonymous 131 at /irt/hypersonic-vehicles All college Interdisciplinary Research Theme Blitz and Poster Session set for April 12 /irt/hypersonic-vehicles/2022/03/08/all-college-interdisciplinary-research-theme-blitz-and-poster-session-set-april-12 <span>All college Interdisciplinary Research Theme Blitz and Poster Session set for April 12</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2022-03-08T15:11:18-07:00" title="Tuesday, March 8, 2022 - 15:11">Tue, 03/08/2022 - 15:11</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/irt/hypersonic-vehicles/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/article-thumbnail/iain_boyd_2021_cue16ga.jpg?h=6374f5a9&amp;itok=X44whR8f" width="1200" height="600" alt="Iain boyd and students drawing diagrams in a group"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/irt/hypersonic-vehicles/taxonomy/term/3"> News </a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-content-media ucb-article-content-media-above"> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--media paragraph--view-mode--default"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-text d-flex align-items-center" itemprop="articleBody"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>The College of Engineering and Applied Science will host a research blitz and poster session featuring work from within the interdisciplinary research themes from 3 - 6 p.m. on April 12 in the DLC lobby and first floor meeting spaces.</div> <script> window.location.href = `/engineering/2022/03/08/all-college-interdisciplinary-research-theme-blitz-and-poster-session-set-april-12`; </script> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Tue, 08 Mar 2022 22:11:18 +0000 Anonymous 129 at /irt/hypersonic-vehicles How hypersonic weapons maneuver and what to do about it /irt/hypersonic-vehicles/2022/02/18/how-hypersonic-weapons-maneuver-and-what-do-about-it <span>How hypersonic weapons maneuver and what to do about it</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2022-02-18T13:53:36-07:00" title="Friday, February 18, 2022 - 13:53">Fri, 02/18/2022 - 13:53</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/irt/hypersonic-vehicles/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/article-thumbnail/hypersonic_pac-3_intercept_feature-2000x700.jpeg?h=21613201&amp;itok=zAvPtUye" width="1200" height="600" alt="A craft intercepting a hypersonic missile"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/irt/hypersonic-vehicles/taxonomy/term/3"> News </a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-content-media ucb-article-content-media-above"> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--media paragraph--view-mode--default"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-text d-flex align-items-center" itemprop="articleBody"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>Neither the Missile Defense Agency nor the Space Force have revealed the extent to which they can track hypersonic weapons or how close the United States is to being able to intercept a hypersonic weapon.</div> <script> window.location.href = `https://www.airforcemag.com/article/hypersonics-defense/`; </script> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Fri, 18 Feb 2022 20:53:36 +0000 Anonymous 125 at /irt/hypersonic-vehicles