U.S. Navy Seeks New Production System For Hypersonic Materials

Raytheon
Artist's concept of hypersonic missile.
Credit: Raytheon
Hypersonic weapons are driving the U.S. Navy to re-think the way high-temperature materials are manufactured today. Carbon-carbon (C-C) composites and ceramic matrix composites (CMCs) are often used in the nose-tips of strategic missiles, which experience the highest temperatures on the missile body...

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