Abstract: As one of the most important directions in the aerospace field in the 21st century, the hypersonic vehicle (HSV) has critical value in both military and civilian affairs. In recent years, HSV research has become a hot spot in military planning, strategy, and focus, especially with respect to the study of HSV model and control problems. This paper reviews some typical HSV model and control problems. First, we summarize the more difficult control problems of the HSV and then introduce typical HSV models. We then give a detailed overview of problems relating to disturbance/uncertainties, flexibility, and non-minimumphase and reentry control. In addition, we present a simulation and analysis of a typical flexible and reentry HSV and discuss the future prospects of hypersonic flight control.