The Hypersonic Flight In the Turbulent Stratosphere (HYFLITS) research team was formed in 2016 and is currently funded by the AFOSR'sMultidisciplinary Research Program of the University Research Initiative (MURI)grant, ," awarded by the AFOSR’s in December 2017.
The multidisciplinary HYFLITS team is composed of experts in the fields of in-situ atmospheric measurements and analysis, atmospheric modeling and forecasting, and aerothermodynamics and aero-optical modeling. Our goal is to ask and resolve questions related to how future hypersonic vehicle designs can account for the effects of ambient atmospheric turbulence and particles in the middle stratosphere.