CNBC: Defense spending act makes hypersonic a top priority, calling for billions in investment
* Hypersonic air travel, for both military and commercial use, could be here within the decade.
* China, Russia and now North Korea all claim to have developed and successfully tested hypersonic missiles.
Hypersonic air travel, for both military and commercial use, could be here within the decade.
The $770 billion National Defense Authorization Act signed into law Tuesday calls for investing billions into hypersonic research and development, making them a top priority for Washington. The next step is congressional approval to allocate the money for the technology to the Pentagon.
“If you are traveling at hypersonic speeds, you’re, you’re going more than a mile per second,” said Mark Lewis, executive director of the National Defense Industrial Association’s Emerging Technologies Institute. “That’s important for military applications. It could have commercial applications. It could also open up new, new ways of reaching space.”
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5 comments:
It's official, DC is chasing it's tail.
Because tossing billions of dollars at a problem always produces a solution.
Lol!
we will always be on par with China until the dollar collapses because our country is full of modern day democrats and traitors who will give or sell any tech advantage we have to china.
Clintons and other Democrats have to make a quick buck some how.
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