Designing a hypersonic missle?

EGLIN AFB, Fla. - Air Force hypersonic weapons experts are surveying the industry for companies able to design an aircraft-launched hypersonic cruise missile within the next 17 months. The Air Force Armament Directorate at Eglin AFB issued a source-sought notice (FA8682-20-R-0008) for the Future Hypersonics Program: Missiles that travel through the air at speeds of at least Mach 5 (3,836 mph). The Air Force wants companies to identify themselves if they can integrate a Weapon Open System Architecture (WOSA)-based, solid-rocket boosted, air-breathing, hypersonic conventional cruise missile that can be launched from existing fighter or bomber aircraft. This future hypersonic cruise missile should be ready for preliminary design review (PDR) no later than late September 2021. Air Force officials will use responses from this sources-sought notice to determine if they should issue a future solicitation as a full and open competition, as a set-aside for small business, or any particular small business program. Companies interested in participating in the Future Hypersonics Program should email capabilities statements no later than May 11, 2020, to lanie.bolin@us.af.mil. (Source: Military & Aerospace Electronics 04/29/20) For more information online: https://beta.sam.gov/opp/7201c51b033b46699d8d88bfebad8bf4/view.