A newly filed patent application offers a rare glimpse inside European missile house MBDA’s hypersonic weapon technology program and shows how the company has started working to solve one of the most difficult challenges posed by hypersonic weapons.

The application filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office by MBDA France comes as France and the UK deepen interests in pursuing hypersonic speed for a future class of cruise missiles, projectiles and interceptors.

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