The U.S. Department of Defense office of Naval Research will support the university's Center for the Commercial Deployment of Transportation Technologies.
According to a story in the Press-Telegram, co-director of the center, Steven Hinds, stated that part of the funds will be used to evaluate vessels to form a larger vessel that is capable of crossing the ocean at high speeds.
This type of funding serves a different purpose from the much talked about budget cuts, but it helps with funds that CSULB would otherwise not be able to provide.
In addition the new vessels would also have long, narrow hulls that would allow ships to go faster and at the same time use less fuel.
The U.S. military wants CSULB to evaluate SeaTrain technologies being developed by outside organizations.
Story Credit: Press-Telegram
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