A Development Route of the Information System Facing the Threat of Hypersonic Technology

With the development of hypersonic technology, we investigated the current key projects in the United States and Russia, and reviewed the current status of hypersonic technology according to the most interesting configuration of boost-glide wave-rider, from aspects such as shape design, aerodynamic calculation, and flight control. Then we analyzed the realistic challenges of hypersonic time-sensitive targets to current information systems. In the face of the hypersonic challenge, some military powers have put forward some countermeasures. For example, the United States proposed to upgrade the ballistic missile defense system, and Russia proposed to build an air-space early warning network. However, the current measures do not have a comprehensive and systematic top-level plan, and local enhancement cannot improve overall effectiveness. Facing the future long-term development, this paper proposes a development route of an information system for hypersonic time-sensitive targets from four aspects: joint system architecture, early warning detection, overall mission planning, and synergistic interception means. Facing the hypersonic time-sensitive targets, this development route will quickly adapt to the near-space environment, reorganize the battlefield resources, and improve the capabilities of the entire defense system centered on information systems as soon as possible.