U.S. Air Force and Australian Department of Defence officials last week kicked off a multimillion-dollar research and development effort that will explore hypersonic flight technologies that could one day revolutionize both countries' military capabilities, the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) announced earlier this week. Meeting Nov. 10 in Canberra, Australia, Mark Lewis, the Air Force's chief scientist, and Roger Lough, Australia's chief defence scientist, signed a $54 million partnership agreement that will cover work over the next six years under...
