Title 51, National and Commercial Space ProgramsRelease 119-102
§40703 Research Alignment
Title 51 › Subtitle IV — Aeronautics and Space Research and Education › CHAPTER 407 — ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY AIRCRAFT › § 40703
Summary
Besides other R&D, the Administrator must, as funding allows, align fundamental aeronautics research with the National Academies’ Decadal Survey’s top technology challenges and increase university and external involvement.
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Title 51, §40703
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In addition to pursuing the research and development initiative described in section 40702 of this title, the Administrator shall, to the maximum extent practicable within available funding, align the fundamental aeronautics research program to address high priority technology challenges of the National Academies’ Decadal Survey of Civil Aeronautics, and shall work to increase the degree of involvement of external organizations, and especially of universities, in the fundamental aeronautics research program.
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Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 4070342 U.S.C. 17722.Pub. L. 110–422, title III, § 303, Oct. 15, 2008, 122 Stat. 4787.
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51 U.S.C. § 40703
Title 51, National and Commercial Space Programs
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102