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FALLS CHURCH, Va., October 12, 2021 – The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics has awarded CENTRA Senior Technical Advisor Walter Rutledge, Ph.D., the . The recognition gave Rutledge an opportunity to present his lecture, 鈥淗ypersonics for National Security: Conventional Prompt Strike,鈥� to aerospace peers at a classified AIAA forum in September.
鈥淚鈥檓 very humbled by this award,鈥� Rutledge said. 鈥淢y colleagues were very nice to put my name in for this and I feel like I鈥檓 a spokesperson for the national effort. I was just in a leadership position at the right time to make that happen. This was very much a team effort.鈥�
PAE Interim President and CEO Charlie Peiffer said the award highlights the unique technical capabilities of one of its most recent acquisitions, CENTRA Technology.
鈥淚 congratulate Walt for this prestigious award that recognizes his many contributions to the study of boost-glide,鈥� Peiffer said. 鈥淏ecause of his research and its defense applications, our world is safer and more secure.鈥�
Rutledge is an expert in hypersonics, which focuses on the flight of aerospace vehicles at speeds at or greater than Mach 5. More than two decades ago, he and his colleagues at Sandia National Laboratories began researching boost-glide flight, then a relatively new area of hypersonics research.
鈥淭hrough flight test demonstrations, we were able to prove that the concept of boost-glide was feasible and something that would be very valuable to the warfighter,鈥� Rutledge said.
With more than 40 years working in aerospace technology, Rutledge served as the program manager for early boost-glide concept studies, conducted by Sandia for the U.S. Department of Defense. This research included modeling, simulation, ground tests, experiments and flight testing, laying the groundwork for the Pentagon to begin investing in hypersonic boost-glide weapon systems.
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