# How the Pentagon Is Betting on Digital Engineering for Hypersonics

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Podcast: [The Defense Tech Podcast with Fexingo: Government Contracting, Aerospace, and Military Tech](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-defense-tech-podcast-with-fexingo-government-contracting-aerospace-and-military-tech-7871833)
Published: 2026-06-10T20:12:29+00:00
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## Resource

The Pentagon is spending over $15 billion on hypersonic weapons, but flight tests keep failing. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore how the Department of Defense is turning to digital engineering—specifically, the Missile Defense Agency's 'Digital Engineering for Hypersonics' initiative—to simulate thousands of flight scenarios before building a single physical prototype. They discuss the role of companies like Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin in this shift, the challenges of modeling extreme temperatures and pressures, and what this means for the speed of weapons development. Tune in to understand why the Pentagon believes modeling and simulation could save years and billions in the race for hypersonic dominance. #Hypersonics #DigitalEngineering #Pentagon #MissileDefenseAgency #NorthropGrumman #LockheedMartin #ModelingAndSimulation #WeaponsDevelopment #GovernmentContracting #DefenseTech #Business #Technology #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #DefensePodcast #HypersonicWeapons #FlightTesting #Simulation Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo

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