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Physical Sciences Inc has been awarded a research program from the US Navy, Naval Air Warfare Center to develop a Hypersonic Materials Mechanical Strength (HMMS) testbed technology capable of measuring mechanical properties of hypersonic material systems as they are subjected to the thermal shock, high heating rate, high temperature, and oxidative environment experienced at the leading edge of a hypersonic vehicle.

The HMMS testbed resulting from this successful effort will provide the Navy, and subsequently other DoD laboratories and Prime Contractors with a test capability providing quick, inexpensive test data to qualify existing material designs (e.g. batch testing) or to establish the viability of new material designs under development for hypersonic systems applications. The HMMS testbed will help accelerate the development cycle and reduce development costs of hypersonic materials systems compared to other programs that rely on expensive field tests for initial screening and qualification of flight system materials. The technology support’s the current US initiative to accelerate the development of hypersonic systems.

For more information, contact:

Dr. David Oakes
Group Leader, Aero Thermal Signatures
oakes@psicorp.com
Physical Sciences Inc.
Telephone: (978) 689-0003