WASHINGTON, March 29 -- The House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces issued the following written statement by Lt. Gen. Robert Rasch, director of hypersonics, directed energy and space and rapid acquisition at the U.S. Army involving a hearing on March 10, 2023, entitled "U.S. and Adversary Hypersonic Programs": * * * Army Modernization Thank you for your continued support and enduring commitment to our soldiers, our civilians, and their families. On behalf of the Army Senior Lea  more

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- The House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces issued the following testimony by Vice Adm. Johnny R. Wolfe Jr., director of strategic systems programs of the U.S. Navy, involving a hearing on March 10, 2023, entitled "U.S. and Adversary Hypersonic Programs": * * * Thank you for this opportunity to discuss the development of the Navy's Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS) hypersonic weapon. It is an honor to represent the Navy's Strategic Systems Programs (SSP) an  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: By Jill Pickett, Arnold Engineering Development Complex Public Affairs Rocket sled testing is critical to bridging the gap between the laboratory and full-scale flight tests for weapon systems under development. Keeping those sleds moving is the focus of a joint effort within the Department of Defense, which operates three sled track organizations, one each at China Lake, California; Eglin Air Force Base, Florida; and Hollo  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, March 29 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Chemist Jeff Foster is looking for ways to control sequencing in polymers that could result in designer molecules to benefit a variety of industries, including medicine and energy. Using the technology that he and his colleagues are developing, "scientists can begin to understand how the sequence of monomers influences the behavior and properties of synthe  more

AUSTIN, Texas, March 31 (TNSpar) -- The University of Texas issued the following news release: The University of Texas at Austin is leading a new energy consortium in partnership with six New Mexico and Texas universities and two national laboratories for development of the Permian Energy Development Laboratory. The memorandum of understanding reflects a shared goal of conducting advanced energy research, educating the next generation of energy professionals, and supporting energy-intensive com  more