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Business/Financial

NASA, Air Force, Seek Industry And University Partners To Establish Hypersonic Centers; Broad Agency Announcement Is Released; Up To $30 Million Fund

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Monday, September 22nd, 2008

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NASA and the Air Force are looking for university and industry partners to advance hypersonic research. The NASA Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate in Washington and the Air Force Research Laboratory's Office of Science Research at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio, released a broad agency announcement. It details their intent to establish three national hypersonic science centers. Hypersonic speed is defined as Mach 5, or five times the speed of sound, and faster. NASA's Fundamental Aeronautics Program and the…

Budget

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Congress

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Congress

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Congress

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