by RIA Novosti  February 1, 2022 in Missile News

俄新社2022年2月1日导弹新闻

 

Hypersonic HAWC

HAWC(高超音速吸气式武器)

 

In October 2021, Gen. John Hyten, then-vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, warned that China’s military capabilities would soon surpass that of both Washington and Moscow. Hyten claimed that, within a five-year period, Beijing had conducted hundreds of hypersonic weapons tests, versus the nine completed by the US.

2021年10月，时任参谋长联席会议副主席的约翰·海顿将军警告说，中国的军事能力将很快超过华盛顿和莫斯科。海顿声称，在五年内，北京进行了数百次高超音速武器试验，而美国完成了九次。

 

As the US attempts to catch up with Russia and China’s development of hypersonic weapons, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin plans to quicken Washington’s pace by hosting a high-level meeting with a number of defense industry CEOs on Thursday.

随着美国试图赶上俄罗斯和中国的高超音速武器发展，美国国防部长劳埃德·奥斯汀计划在周四与多位国防工业首席执行官举行高层会议，以加快华盛顿的步伐。

 

The primary goal of the meeting, first reported last week by DefenseOne, is to “light a fire underneath the entire hypersonic industry” and “encourage industry to pick up the pace,” according to CNN, citing two defense executives invited to attend.

据美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）报道，DefenseOne上周首次报道了这次会议，会议的主要目标是“在整个高超音速工业下面点燃一场火”，并“鼓励工业加快步伐”，援引两名受邀参加会议的国防部高管的话。

 

A virtual meeting will be chaired by US Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks, and will be attended by Heidi Shyu, the under secretary of defense for research and engineering.

一场虚拟会议将由美国国防部副部长凯瑟琳·希克斯（Kathleen Hicks）主持，负责研究和工程的国防部副部长海蒂·希尤（Heidi Shyu）将出席。

 

“This meeting is part of [Hicks’] regular, drumbeat engagements with industry in key areas of innovation and modernization to strengthen relationships and discuss ways to accelerate the development of cutting-edge capabilities and new operational concepts,” Pentagon spokesperson Eric Pahon told DefenseOne in an emailed statement.

五角大楼发言人埃里克·帕洪在一份电子邮件声明中告诉DefenseOne：“这次会议是希克斯与工业界在创新和现代化关键领域的定期鼓吹活动的一部分，旨在加强关系，并讨论如何加快尖端能力和新作战概念的发展。”。

 

Topics will reportedly include topics ranging from “systems engineering concepts to the manufacturing workforce.”

据报道，主题将包括从“系统工程概念到制造劳动力”的主题。

 

Attendees will include Lockheed Martin, Raytheon Technologies, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, Leidos, Aerojet Rocketdyne, BAE Systems and several other big-ticket weapon-makers.

与会者将包括洛克希德·马丁公司、雷神科技公司、波音公司、诺斯罗普·格鲁曼公司、莱多斯公司、洛克达因航太控股公司(Aerojet Rocketdyne)、BAE系统公司和其他几家大牌武器制造商。

 

The Pentagon’s rare meeting with industry decision-makers also comes as an opportunity for Austin to deliver “brief framing remarks,” Pahon noted.

帕洪指出，五角大楼与行业决策者的罕见会晤也为奥斯汀提供了一个“简短的框架评论”的机会。

 

In late November, 2021, Gen. David Thompson, vice chief of space operations, asserted that the US was significantly lagging behind Russia and China in its testing of hypersonic weapons. Hypersonic missiles travel at least five times the speed of sound (approximately 3,800 miles per hour [6116 kilometers per hour]).

2021年11月下旬，太空作战部副部长戴维·汤普森将军断言，美国在高超音速武器测试方面明显落后于俄罗斯和中国。高超音速导弹的飞行速度至少是音速的五倍（约每小时 3,800 英里 [6116 公里每小时]）。

 

“We’re not as advanced as the Chinese or the Russians in terms of hypersonic programs,” Gen. Thompson said during an appearance at the Halifax International Security Forum.

“在高超音速项目方面，我们不如中国或俄罗斯先进，”汤普森将军在哈利法克斯国际安全论坛上露面时说。

 

Meanwhile, the US Space Force is attempting to “figure out the type of satellite constellation that we need” to track hypersonic missiles, according to Thompson. He noted that both the service’s approach and timeline would evolve as a result.

与此同时，汤普森表示，美国航天部队正试图“找出我们需要的卫星群类型”，以跟踪高超音速导弹。他指出，该服务的方法和时间表都会因此而发生变化。