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DoD’s New Research Chief Eyes Faster Hypersonics Development

By Marc Selinger

Tuesday, March 6th, 2018

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DoD’s New Research Chief Eyes Faster Hypersonics Development

Michael Griffin, (NASA photo)

The Pentagon’s new research chief said March 6 that improving the Department of Defense’s hypersonics capabilities will be his top technical priority because U.S. leadership in that area could be critical to winning future wars.Speaking at a McAleese & Associates/Credit Suisse defense programs conference on his 10th day as undersecretary of defense for research and engineering (R&E), Michael Griffin indicated that he wants DoD to conduct hypersonic tests “at a far more rapid pace” than it does today and move…

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