Initial R&D is to be completed by 2028.
The Mayhem system design consists of a scramjet engine that can propel a vehicle across long distances and at speeds greater than Mach 5 or five times the speed of sound. Ais an advancement of the ramjet where the fuel combustion takes place in supersonic airflow.
The AFRL is looking at the system to carry five times as much payload than the current systems and has twice as much rangeçAlthough the U.S. Department of Defense's contracting announcement said that Leidos was picked after considering six offers, it did not state who were the other offers from. Leidos has been awarded a $334 million contract for the research and development of the Mayhem program.that can execute multiple missions.
The company has also assembled a team of experts from academia and industry to serve as the System Design Agent which will look to oversee the advanced research and development needed to prepare production-ready technical data to produce prototypes.
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