Review and Evaluation of the Air Force Hypersonic Technology Program - National Research Council a Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences a Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems a Committee on Review and Evaluation of the Air Force Hypersonic Technology Program

This study was undertaken in response to a request by the U.S. Air Force that the National Research Council (NRC) examine whether the technologies that underlie the concept of a hypersonic, air-launched, air-breathing, hydrocarbon-fueled missile with speeds up to Mach 81 can be demonstrated in time to be initially operational by 2015.