Engineers at the "Novator" design bureau have developed a new hypersonic missile for maneuvering flight in the atmosphere, offering a different approach to acceleration. Documentation for the new product was published in the public database of FIPS.
The design provides for a two-stage configuration with a detachable warhead section. All missile elements are made within a unified aerodynamic contour, while the lower stage received a two-tier arrangement of charges with directed geometry.
According to the developers, this reduces drag and increases acceleration efficiency in the dense layers of the atmosphere.
The key solution identified in the patent is mass redistribution. Additional weights are placed in the nose section, which at the initial stage increase inertia and stabilize flight.
At the final segment, they can be jettisoned, which reduces mass and makes it possible to increase maneuverability by raising the available g-loads.
The patent description emphasizes that such a scheme is designed to increase average speed without leaving the atmosphere, as well as to improve controllability at the terminal segment of the trajectory.
"Novator" also pointed to increased compactness of the design, which simplifies transportation and placement in launch systems.