Sec. 512. Making advancements in commercial hypersonics
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In conducting the hypersonics research in section 40112(d) of title 51, United States Code, the Administrator may establish the Making Advancements in Commercial Hypersonics Program (in this section referred to as the Program ), which shall facilitate opportunities for testing of high-speed aircraft and other technologies that advance scientific research and technology development related to hypersonic aircraft. The Program under subsection
(a)shall not fund the development of technologies that are supported by such testing opportunities. Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator, acting through the Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate, shall develop a strategic plan for activities under subsection
(a)that aligns with the research roadmap under section 503 of this Act. The Administrator shall ensure coordination between the Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate and other Mission Directorates, as appropriate, to identify technologies eligible for testing opportunities under the Program. The Administrator shall consult and seek to collaborate with, as appropriate, with the Secretary of Defense and the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration on activities related to the Program, including development, testing, and evaluation of high-speed aircraft and related technologies. The Administrator shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress, and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate— not later than 80 days after the date of the enactment of this section, a report that— describes activities of the program established under subsection (a); and includes the strategic plan produced under subsection (c); and not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, a report describing progress in carrying out the program, including the number and type of testing opportunities executed in the previous fiscal year and planned for the upcoming fiscal year. Nothing under this section authorizes the Administrator to develop, implement, or execute an agreement related to technologies under this section with any entity of concern, a foreign business entity, or a foreign country of concern. In this section— the term entity of concern has the meaning given such term in section 10114 of the Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation Act ( Public Law 117–167 ; 42 U.S.C. 18912 ). The term foreign business entity means an entity that is majority-owned or majority-controlled (as such term is defined in section 800.208 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations, or a successor regulation), or minority owned greater than 25 percent by— any governmental organization of a foreign country of concern; or any other entity that is— known to be owned or controlled by any governmental organization of a foreign country of concern; or organized under, or otherwise subject to, the laws of a foreign country of concern. The term foreign country of concern has the meaning given such term in section 9901 of title XCIX of division H of the William M.
(Mac)Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 ( 15 U.S.C. 4651 ). The term high-speed aircraft has the meaning given such term in section 1009 of the Federal Aviation Reauthorization Act of 2024 ( Public Law 118–63 ).
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