Pentagon Funding ‘Extremely Concerning’ Hypersonic Weapons Program at China-Linked University: Gallagher

Cadet 2nd Class Eric Hembling uses a Ludwieg Tube to measure the pressures, temperatures, and flow field of various basic geometric and hypersonic research vehicles at Mach 6 in The United States Air Force Academy's Department of Aeronautics, in Colorado Springs, Colo., on Jan. 31, 2019. Joshua Armstrong/U.S. Air Force Academy via AP

The Department of Defense (DOD) is funding hypersonic weapons research at a university with ties to China’s communist regime, according to two letters issued by the congressional committee tasked with overseeing the United States’ competition with China.

The Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is concerned that DOD grants to Alfred University in New York may inadvertently fund weapons development in China due to the University’s continued ties with CCP-affiliated institutions.