{"id":143583,"date":"2024-10-24T14:01:44","date_gmt":"2024-10-24T18:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143583///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143583//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143583//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143583//?p=143583"},"modified":"2026-04-10T12:16:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T16:16:49","slug":"ucf-u-s-air-force-partner-on-center-of-excellence-to-advance-hypersonics-space-propulsion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143583///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143583//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143583//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143583//ucf-u-s-air-force-partner-on-center-of-excellence-to-advance-hypersonics-space-propulsion/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143583//","title":{"rendered":"UCF, U.S. Air Force Partner on Center of Excellence to Advance Hypersonics, Space Propulsion"},"content":{"rendered":"
A new UCF center of excellence will aim to advance the technology that fuels hypersonic travel /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143583/u2014 at speeds up to 13,000 miles per hour /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143583/u2014 to help enhance national defense and open up new frontiers in space exploration./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143583/n UCF launched the Center of Excellence in Hypersonic and Space Propulsion /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143583/u2014 HyperSpace Center for short /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143583/u2014 on Wednesday alongside leaders of the U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research, one of the university/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143583/u2019s main partners in hypersonic research./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143583/n The HyperSpace Center will advance the research and innovations of world-renowned faculty members like Kareem Ahmed, a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, whose team has received multiple U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) grants to develop hypersonic technology./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143583/n /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143583/u201cWhat we create here and across UCF will define the aerospace and defense industries for generations./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143583/u201d /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143583/u2014 Alexander N. Cartwright, UCF president/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143583/n UCF President Alexander N. Cartwright and Col. Janelle T.H. Jackson, deputy director of the Air Force Office of Scientific Research and detachment 14 commander, spoke at the launch ceremony at the new center in the Central Florida Research Park adjacent to the UCF main campus. They were joined by U.S. Reps. Darren Soto and Daniel Webster and State Rep. Susan Plasencia./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143583/n /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143583/u201cWhat we create here and across UCF will define the aerospace and defense industries for generations,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143583/u201d Cartwright says. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143583/u201cUCF has always been an institution for people who have dared to invent a better future. We are also an institution that recognizes no one builds the future alone./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/143583/n