![In the midst of various United States government, academic, and industry projects exploring and pursuing hypersonic technology for defense, Gillian Bussey, director of the Defense Department’s Joint Hypersonics Transition Office notes that China has long been pursuing hypersonic and “near space” weapons and technology for a number of years now and the United States Department of Defense needs to “focus on offense, first, because a good offense is the best defense—and offense is a lot easier.” This race for hypersonic defense includes small are large weapons as mentioned by Mark Lewis who is the executive director of the National Defense Industrial Association’s Emerging Technologies Institute who urges the endurance needed in this race for hypersonics “This can’t be a few years’ effort [where] we deploy a couple of systems, and then move on Because this is the future of warfare and we need to be in this race.” There are many different United States industry, universities and military resources being teamed to create hypersonic defense solutions currently and there are still many scientific breakthroughs to come in the field of hypersonics. Read more about this on Defense One.](https://hypersonics.tamu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/GettyImages-1146899896-300x200.jpg)
In the midst of various United States government, academic, and industry projects exploring and pursuing hypersonic technology for defense, Gillian Bussey, director of the Defense Department’s Joint Hypersonics Transition Office […]
United States Army, Navy, and Office of the Secretary of Defense to Share Best Practices for Hypersonics with Air Force
The Pentagon’s first hypersonic weapon should be operational in “a year or two” says Gillian Bussey, the director of the Joint Hypersonic Transition Office a Department of Defense office. This […]
JHTO Sponsored “Need For Speed” Hypersonic Video Contest Winners
Need for Speed Hypersonic Video Contest hosted by University of Virginia Engineering in collaboration with University of Tennessee Space Institute and the University Consortium for Applied Hypersonics, and funded by […]
Joint Hypersonics Transition Office (JHTO) Corner with Dr. Gillian Bussey – Full Speed Ahead
The University Consortium for Applied Hypersonics (UCAH) is off to a great start with the first 18 of our core applied research projects underway and additional projects in the review […]
Department of Defense’s Joint Hypersonics Transition Office announces inaugural University Consortium for Applied Hypersonics awardees
BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION, Oct. 5, 2021—Proposals from 18 U.S. university-led research teams from the University Consortium for Applied Hypersonics (UCAH), totaling $25.5 million, were selected as awardees for prototyping contracts by […]
Joint Hypersonics Transition Office (JHTO) Corner with Dr. Gillian Bussey – “Looking Back and Looking Forward”
A year ago, we were in the final stages of bringing the University Consortium to life. Working with the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station, we were putting the final touches […]
Joint Hypersonics Transition Office (JHTO) Corner with Dr. Gillian Bussey – Q2 Updates
In the 8 months since the UCAH was established we have accomplished a great deal together. We built a strong, inclusive, and collaborative organization to achieve the goals congress set […]
Hypersonics expert aims to connect research and ‘doers,’ maximize investments in enterprise
Sarah Armstrong was named director of the Joint Hypersonics Transition Office Systems Engineering Field Activity at Naval Surface Warfare Center, in the Crane Division, in January 2021. She aims to break the nation’s hypersonic systems strategy into pieces of technologies for researchers to address.
Need for Speed Hypersonic Video Contest
Joint Hypersonics Transition Office (JHTO) and Naval Service Warfare Center, Crane Division, within the U.S. Department of Defense, are sponsoring a video contest on hypersonics for high school and undergraduate students. First prize is $1,000!
The hypersonics force multiplier: university engagement
As part of the University Consortium for Applied Hypersonics, Lockheed Martin’s university engagement is helping to provide a path for advances in the basic understanding of future hypersonic systems.
Industry Day December 2, 2020
The University Consortium for Applied Hypersonics held its first industry day on December 2, 2020. The presentations provided at the event are available for download. UCAH Industry Day Agenda UCAH […]
Pentagon Expands Hypersonics Transition Office
The U.S. Department of Defense’s joint hypersonics transition office is working with the Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division to expand its engineering expertise. The division was set up in April to help move hypersonic weapons from research-and-development efforts to official programs of record.
Texas A&M to lead $100M research for hypersonic flight
The U.S. Department of Defense on Oct. 26 announced that the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station will lead a $100 million national research consortium for modernizing hypersonic flight capabilities.
To gain an edge on hypersonic weapons, the Pentagon wants more help from universities
The U.S. Department of Defense on Oct. 26 announced that it selected the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station to lead the University Consortium for Applied Hypersonics. Government, academia and industry will work together to advance hypersonic technologies.
Pentagon awards contract to build university consortium for hypersonic research
The Pentagon announced on Oct. 26 that it was awarding a contract to the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station to manage a university consortium for research on hypersonic systems.
