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National Security Programs

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The laboratory’s National Security Programs serves as a gateway for government sponsors and contractors to link into tailored, diverse teams of elite researchers to solve R&D challenges in national security.

Game-changing scientific discovery drives the technological advancements that protect and defend our nation. Argonne National Laboratory’s combination of scientific and engineering expertise, along with some of the world’s best research and development (R&D) facilities is making unique contributions to defending the United States against current and future security threats.

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Going with the hypersonic flow

The United States’ hypersonics program recently was reinvigorated, by both the threat of being surpassed by rival nations and increased investment by the U.S. Department of Defense to accelerate new innovations, including hypersonic technology.

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Harnessing hypersonic propulsion—flight five times the speed of sound or faster

Researchers at Argonne National Laboratory are using the world’s brightest hard X-ray sources to reveal the previously inaccessible complexities of combustion associated with hypersonic flight

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