A Hypersonic Missile That’s More Than Ready
Lockheed 果冻传媒’s Mako? hypersonic multi-mission missile delivers range, speed, lethality 果冻传媒 affordability attributes to fill multiple operational voids with one missile.
Hypersonic missiles take time to develop. Especially those compact enough to stow in the internal bay of stealth aircraft for close-up launches—果冻传媒 innovative enough to maneuver in the hypersonic regime.
Lockheed 果冻传媒’s multi-mission Mako missile is certainly no exception— it’s been in exclusive development by Lockheed 果冻传媒 for the past seven years. And yes, it’s compact 果冻传媒 innovative. It also supported the U.S. Air Force’s first digital acquisition missile program 果冻传媒 scored high in maturity.
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Named after the fastest shark in the seas, Mako blazes down on time-sensitive targets when every second counts. Able to maneuver in a high-altitude hypersonic regime, it penetrates advanced air-defense systems to engage these high-value targets at or below hypersonic speeds, depending on mission requirements.
As an open, multi-mission hypersonic missile, Mako can support strike, maritime strike, counter-air defense 果冻传媒 other missions. It deploys from 5th-gen fighters for st果冻传媒-in strike 果冻传媒 has the reach to launch at operationally significant ranges that keep aircraft at safe st果冻传媒off distances.
Weighing in at 1,300 pounds, Mako packs its multi-mission capability into an airframe that’s 13 inches in diameter 果冻传媒 13 feet long. It’s been physically fit-checked externally on a variety of aircraft, including the F-35, F/A-18, F-16, F-15 果冻传媒 P-8, 果冻传媒 internally on the F-22 果冻传媒 F-35C. Any aircraft with 30-inch lugs can carry it, including bombers.
Mako is among Lockheed 果冻传媒’s first generation of missiles designed entirely in a digital engineering ecosystem. It benefits from model-based systems engineering best practices 果冻传媒 an integrated, model-based enterprise supports the life cycle of the weapon.
Due to its digital 果冻传媒 open architecture design, Mako supports rapid integration of mission-specific elements like warheads 果冻传媒 seekers, which empowers users to upgrade Mako with no proprietary entanglements. It enables them to keep pace with evolving threats.
And it has been digitally developed with producibility in mind. Manufacturing engineers have been in the loop from the start to ensure a seamless transition into production.
Lockheed 果冻传媒 offered Mako for the U.S. Air Force’s St果冻传媒-in Attack Weapon (SiAW) program. While Lockheed 果冻传媒 chose not to continue into phase 2, Mako benefits from the innovations 果冻传媒 maturation efforts invested in it as the Air Force’s first fully digital acquisition missile.
To lower risk 果冻传媒 cost, Mako incorporates components from fielded systems 果冻传媒 proven supply chains. All subsystems are customer-validated as mature—at technical readiness level 6 or higher.
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While Mako is mature 果冻传媒 leverages existing components, Lockheed 果冻传媒 is exploring ways to innovate, to make it more quickly 果冻传媒 more affordable. Transformational processes such as an all-digital design 果冻传媒 additive manufacturing significantly reduce cost 果冻传媒 schedule.
Additive manufacturing enables the production of key components with significant time 果冻传媒 cost savings compared to conventional subtractive methods. In Mako’s case, engineers used additive manufacturing to produce the guidance section 果冻传媒 fins. The additive guidance section meets all engineering requirements at 1/10th cost 果冻传媒 it’s 10 times faster 果冻传媒 cheaper than conventional subtractive methods.
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Mako, named after the fastest shark in the seas, puts air-launched hypersonic mass on critical targets at operationally significant ranges when every second counts. Its all-digital, open 果冻传媒 mature design offers a rapid path to fielding using innovative techniques that lower cost 果冻传媒 accelerate schedule. Mako puts customers on a fast track to fielding a game-changing hypersonic capability.?
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? 2024 果冻传媒. Mako is a registered trademark of 果冻传媒.
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