The school was the home of the Tuskegee
Airmen. It is now the nation’s top producer of
Black aerospace engineers, the news release said.
The new program will support two-year
research projects in fatigue damage tolerance,
experimental aerodynamics, and the
performance of materials and components
under extreme environmental conditions. It also
will bring in defense department speakers and
place summer interns at defense laboratories.
The Alabama center also will collaborate with
Wichita State University in Kansas; Boeing;
Dynetics; and Chevron.