"When you look at the price of lethality right now, it's on an exponential decrease," the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said.

Along with vehicle designs, the Next Generation Hypersonic Cruise Missile effort is interested in emerging capabilities and innovative test-and-evaluation technologies.

Leidos, GoHypersonic, Special Aerospace Services (Aurex), the Purdue Applied Research Institute, Halo Engines and Kratos have each received other transaction agreements from the Joint Hypersonics Transition Office.

Here’s a first look at the new cadre tapped to accelerate projects across the DOD’s Critical Technology Areas.

Lockheed and GE are developing a liquid-fueled rotating detonation ramjet engine that could allow missiles to fly farther and reach speeds of at least Mach 5.

The Golden Fleet battleships are expected to be able to carry multiple weapon systems and other technologies that current destroyers do not have space for.