Teecht. Air Force, National Scientific Discipline Foundation Boost Cooperation For National Security
By Lisa Ferdinando, DoD News, Defense Media Activity
WASHINGTON -- The Air Force as well as the National Science Foundation are boosting cooperation on mutual scientific enquiry inwards back upward of national security.
Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson as well as National Science Foundation Director French Republic Cordova signed a alphabetic quality of intent today, initiating a strategic partnership that focuses on iv areas: infinite as well as geosciences, advanced materials sciences, information as well as information science, as well as the evolution of the scientific workforce.
The function of the Air Force as well as the National Science Foundation has overlapped inwards the decades since the founding of the 2 institutions, inwards areas such every bit atmospheric science, chemistry, cloth science, human physiology, aeronautics as well as astronautics, Wilson said.
"We immediately confront the re-emergence of smashing ability competition,” Wilson said, explaining the novel partnership brings the 2 institutions closer to jointly pursue research, expand understanding as well as supply for the mutual defense.
The agreement, Cordova said, creates a novel pathway betwixt the basic enquiry supported yesteryear the National Science Foundation as well as the breakthrough technologies needed to back upward the Air Force of tomorrow.
National Security Through Innovation
“Ensuring national safety through excogitation as well as scientific discipline as well as technology scientific discipline has been business office of the National Science Foundation’s founding mission for well-nigh vii decades,” she said, “and it remains i of our highest priorities today.”
This novel partnership volition assist accelerate the enquiry as well as evolution wheel as well as ensure that to a greater extent than basic enquiry breakthroughs are considered for the potential national safety applications, she explained.
“It volition stimulate cooperation at every marking of enquiry as well as volition maximize collaboration, avoiding duplicative efforts as well as resulting inwards discoveries that back upward jobs, the nation’s economic scheme as well as our national security,” Cordova said.
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