The Defense Department this week moved to turn the tables on China, forming a new University Consortium for Applied Hypersonics to accelerate work on ultra-fast weapons by increasing collaboration with academic communities -- a project that aims to replicate an idea born in Beijing where professors and students work closely to advance national aims. On Oct. 26, the Defense Department announced Texas A&M University's Engineering Experiment Station (TESS) will establish and manage the new consortium, an initiative managed by the...
