The Defense Department last week announced plans to spend $400 million over the next five years on basic research at academic institutions. The money is part of the department's fiscal 2009 budget request and would expand research into new and emerging scientific areas related to "the DoD's most challenging technical problems," according to a Nov. 7 press statement. The Pentagon published a spending plan for the effort last summer. The department aims to "sustain and strengthen the nation's commitment to…
Pentagon To Spend $400 Million On Academic Research
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