PROPOSED CUT THREATENS

U.S. Air Force Secretary Sheila Widnall is expected to eliminate funding requests for the nascent Hypersonic System Technology Program from the upcoming federal budget, a move that could destroy the U.S.' lead in hypersonics. HySTP, an effort aimed at launching scramjet experiments atop scrapped...

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