April, Chicago, a materials research institute.

As the aerospace giant - Boeing, a subordinate scientific research institution, they have just received a big task.

That is to develop a new type of high-temperature resistant superalloy.

"FXXK, who developed this indicator?"

As soon as he received the performance parameters of the superalloy that needed to be developed, Prius couldn't help but scold.

"Are those people pigs?"

"This kind of performance is simply impossible to achieve under our current conditions!"

Brandon, the director of Boeing's space department on the side, said after drinking a cup of coffee elegantly:

"There's no need to be angry, Prius."

"This performance parameter requirement is a requirement from the military."

"It's useless for you to be angry, unless you can convince the military to change the requirements."

Naturally, Prius knew that this was impossible.

After all, the military, as a machine of violence, is heavily influenced by capital in this capitalist country.

However, it is not something that a small researcher can change.

"What are they going to do with this?"

"Today's aerospace alloys, no matter what rockets they are used on, do not have such performance needs."

Priss still doesn't know that this superalloy will actually be used in hypersonic missiles, which is what he is more confused about.

Such a superalloy, even if it is developed, requires a huge amount of money.

According to the current federal utilitarian space exploration policy, such a project that is obviously not cost-effective should not be approved.

"That's why I came here to tell you in person."

Brandon said slowly after drinking the coffee in his cup.

"This matter has to be kept secret."

"No one in the institute knows but you."

At this time, Prise was also intrigued by Brandon's words.

It seems that this seemingly unreasonable performance parameter also contains some inside information that he is not aware of.

It wasn't until Priss answered in the affirmative that Brandon began to tell the whole story from the beginning.

Knowing about the Dragon's hypersonic missiles by mistake, they decided to start developing their own hypersonic weapons.

Of course, the R&D work at this time was still relatively slow, and more of it was only in the theoretical development stage.

After all, at this time, the range of hypersonic weapons (land-based hypersonic rockets) developed by the Dragon Kingdom could not pose a substantial threat to them.

But by the time of their second weapons experiment, things began to change somewhat.

Not only has the range increased significantly compared to the first time, but the speed has also increased slightly.

And most importantly, the hypersonic weapons of this experiment (the ship's version of the hypersonic rocket) are already capable of posing a substantial threat to their naval base in the port of Sasebo!

It was after this time that Congress began to increase its investment in the research and development of hypersonic weapons, and the research and development work officially entered the actual development stage.

At this time, although the importance of hypersonic weapons has increased, the hypersonic weapons of the Dragon Kingdom can only threaten the location of the first island chain.

What really scared the people of Congress into a cold sweat was that in April last year, the dragon country test-fired the latest ultra-long-range hypersonic ballistic missile.

With a range of more than seven thousand kilometers, it is already capable of directly threatening their numerous industries on the West Coast!

Although Boeing's main production base is in the Great Lakes region, they also have a number of industries on the West Coast.

So at that joint meeting, even Boeing, which would not face a direct threat, voted in favor of the proposal to accelerate the development of hypersonic weapons.

Then, in less than a year, with the efforts of ARRW's chief scientist Jason, they actually developed a hypersonic missile.

It's a pity that the first test failed.

Even Jason went to court-martialed.

However, this has not affected Congress's determination to develop hypersonic weapons, and in some respects, it has even increased their confidence in investing in this area.

After all, money is just money, as long as the money printing machine is on, you have as much as you want.

But as soon as a missile from across the ocean hits, the life is gone.

"So, do you understand now?"

"For the big guys, they're going to use this stuff to build confidence, just like they used to be a nuclear deterrent."

After more than half an hour of rambling, Brandon finally made it clear.

Brandon, who felt a little dry, poured himself a cup of coffee and found that Price was still in a state of shock.

"Don't be too surprised, Congress is very determined, and soon all your research funding will be in place."

When it came to funding, Brandon smiled and said:

"Your institute is so lucky, because your task is very important, and the budget is directly given 120 million!"

Price, who had regained his composure and was about to speak, was shocked when he heard this astronomical figure.

Last year, they spent only 60 million yuan on research for the whole year, which is equivalent to directly giving two years of research funds.

"This time, the money is from the military and Congress, so it will naturally be more."

Brandon saw the other party's confusion in surprise and took the initiative to explain.

After a moment of politeness, Brandon left, after getting what he wanted.

As the head of the aerospace department, if he didn't ask for something, Brandon naturally wouldn't take the initiative to come to the door.

Just ask your subordinates to send an email to Prius, and they will definitely not explain the cause and effect.

Brandon's youngest son will go to college next year, and his younger son prefers Cornell University.

And Priss has a tenured professor position at Cornell University, and being able to get his letter of recommendation is a great help for his youngest son to enter Cornell University.

Although he received ample research funding, Prius was not as happy as others thought.

Because the task was very difficult, even for Prius, who has a deep research in the field of materials science.

Even after the end of the day, Priss returned home with a headache.

In addition, his son actually forged a report card and was reprimanded by his wife.

Holding his son's forged report card in his hand, a clearer and clearer thought began to come to Price's mind.

"yes, since our current technology can't achieve such performance."

"Then I, why don't I fake a performance test report?!" (End of chapter)