{"id":104601,"date":"2020-04-01T16:43:20","date_gmt":"2020-04-01T23:43:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/04\/the-worlds-largest-aircraft-will-now-test-hypersonics-for-the-military"},"modified":"2020-04-01T16:43:20","modified_gmt":"2020-04-01T23:43:20","slug":"the-worlds-largest-aircraft-will-now-test-hypersonics-for-the-military","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/04\/the-worlds-largest-aircraft-will-now-test-hypersonics-for-the-military","title":{"rendered":"The world\u2019s largest aircraft will now test hypersonics for the military"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/the-worlds-largest-aircraft-will-now-test-hypersonics-for-the-military2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur hypersonic testbeds will serve as a catalyst in sparking a renaissance in hypersonic technologies for our government, the commercial sector, and academia,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stratolaunch.com\/vehicles\/talon-a\">said<\/a> W. Jean Floyd, Stratolaunch\u2019s chief executive, in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>This is an interesting, if not wholly unexpected, turn for Stratolaunch. During the last decade, the aerospace community has often collectively scratched its head, wondering how such a large aircraft could be cost-competitive in the hotly contested market to launch small- and medium-sized satellites. And without a dedicated rocket in existence, the company seemed little more than a vanity project for the wealthy Allen. If Stratolaunch served any purpose, the speculation went, it must be to meet some unspecified military need.<\/p>\n<p>There can be no question that the military is interested in hypersonic technology. China, Russia, and the United States are all racing to develop hypersonic missiles, as well as new countermeasure technology as high-speed missiles threaten to penetrate most existing defenses. A Rand Corporation <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rand.org\/pubs\/research_reports\/RR2137.html\">report<\/a> from 2017 provides more basic information, suggesting, \u201cThere is probably less than a decade available to substantially hinder the potential proliferation of hypersonic missiles and associated technologies.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cOur hypersonic testbeds will serve as a catalyst in sparking a renaissance in hypersonic technologies for our government, the commercial sector, and academia,\u201d said W. Jean Floyd, Stratolaunch\u2019s chief executive, in a statement. This is an interesting, if not wholly unexpected, turn for Stratolaunch. During the last decade, the aerospace community has often collectively scratched [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1490,9,2028],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-104601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-government","category-military","category-satellites"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104601"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104601\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}