Enhanced Modeling and Simulations of Hypersonics

Adversaries are rapidly developing, testing, and fielding advanced weapons, like the Hyper Velocity Glide Vehicle (HVGV), that require continual assessment of their impact on the readiness and competence of our US military defenses. ĀAssessment of performance of defensive systems requires first accurate computer modeling of the advanced threats from intelligence data, and second simulation analysis of the performance of these computer models against defensive systems. ĀComputer modelling and simulation is by far the quickest, cheapest, and most accurate way to assess the impact of adversary technologies. Ā ĀComputer analysis must precede development of new defensive systems designed to counter the advanced threats and must also serve as guides for building vehicles for live field testing of these new defensive systems once they come on-line. ĀAfter deployment of new defensive systems, the computer simulation architecture is needed for continual assessment of their performance as adversary threats advance.Ā Generation of computer models of new threats, and using them in simulations of defensive systems, requires integrating data and software from the different government agencies and contractors responsible for all the steps between gathering intel to design of a new weapon system. ĀThis may be completed quickly and efficiently using modern open architecture tools within the government guidelines for classified computer environments, i.e., in the pipeline process of Development, Deployment/Operations, and Security (DevSecOps). ĀThus, there is a need for a unified set of software tools to develop accurate threat models from intel data and simulation test their performance against existing defensive systems or proposed defensive systems. These software tools must be able to communicate between multiple facilities and operate seamlessly to quickly generate results. ĀThe software environment must facilitate ōplug and playö for any new element joining the pipeline and at the same time maintain security protocols.