12th May 2022
The Weapons Sector Research Framework (WSRF) has released an innovation call covering Next Generation Technologies for Hypersonic Weapons. These include advances in Materials; Guidance, Navigation and Control; Fuzing/Warhead; Aerodynamics/Aerothermal; and Propulsion systems as well as other applicable novel technologies. The overall budget is between £1-1.5M and the closing date for proposals is 10th June 2022.
WSRF is a partnership of currently over 100 organisations of different sizes (including academia) established through Dstl, with the management undertaken by QinetiQ. It builds upon the research conducted by the Weapons Science and Technology Centre (WSTC).