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In order to achieve effective wave drag reduction, a new concept of Non-ablative Thermal Protection System (NaTPS) for hypersonic vehicles was proposed. In the NaTPS, a spike-blunt body structure and lateral jets are combined together to realize the bow shock wave reconstruction. The spike acts to transform the bow shock into a conical shock, and the lateral jets works to push the conical shock wave away from the blunt body to avoid shock/shock interactions. Flow visualizations and pressure measurements were conducted in a hypersonic wind tunnel at Mach number 6 for demonstrating the concept. The peak pressure at the reattachment region is reduced by 65％ even under a 4o attack angle by the lateral jet. This NaTPS concept is well demonstrated in this paper, and its engineering application appears to be quite promising.