21 September 2008

Congress Guts Blackswift Budget

The House completely eliminated the $120 million from the DARPA hypersonic demonstrator project, and the Senate cut $110 million, so the prognosis is not good.

Not surprising. Considering the total lack of budget and program control in DoD acquisition programs, and the demands of Iraq and Afghanistan, the last thing needed is a Mach 5+ demonstrator.

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