Evaluation Methodoloty for Hypersonic Applications

To develop an evaluation aid for Hypersonic Technologies, it will be necessary in this effort to achieve three technical objectives. First, a traceability from our national security objectives to the specific regional military objectives and tasks under Defense Planning Guidance Scenarios. This traceability must follow a consistent set of groundrules such as the functional capability requirements for each mission area are definitized and their current mission models that have been developed are matched to the specific requirements at hand. The second objective is to establish a modeling methodology that will account for all the unique features that hypersonic systems present. This methodology must establish measures of effectiveness and measures of merit based upon the specific technological capabilities and cost uncertainties associated with future hypersonic technologies. Third, we must be able to prioritize various technological solutions offered by hypersonics. To meeting the specfic military objectives and tasks defined during the baseline analysis.