In water , a rough approximation predicts that a supercavitating projectile has 200,000 times less skin friction than a normal projectile. The potential applications are impressive. Water has 1000 ...

For basic projectile motion, the assumption is that the only force acting on the object is the gravitational force. This may work well if you toss a marble, but clearly doesn't work when you toss ...

A hypersonic projectile illustration is seen on the show floor Oct. 11, 2022, at the Association of the U.S. Army annual convention in Washington, D.C. (Colin Demarest/C4ISRNET) A key motivation ...

Breaking Defense reports that the Air Force recently used the HVP — a low-drag, guided projectile capable of reaching speeds up to Mach 5 — to down a BQM-167 target drone over the White Sands ...