NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, center, answers questions along with David Melcher, CEO of the Aerospace Industry Association (AIA), left, and Jaiwon Shin, Associate Administrator for NASA's Aerospace Research Mission Directorate, right, during a press conference, Monday, Feb. 29, 2016 at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Va. Administrator Bolden announced the award of a contract for the preliminary design of a "low boom" flight demonstration aircraft as part of NASA's New Aviation Horizons initiative that was introduced in the agency's Fiscal Year 2017 budget.
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NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, center, answers questions along with David Melcher, CEO of the Aerospace Industry Association (AIA), left, and Jaiwon Shin, Associate Administrator for NASA’s Aerospace Research Mission Directorate, right, during a press conference, Monday, Feb. 29, 2016 at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Va. Administrator Bolden announced the award of a contract for the preliminary design of a “low boom” flight demonstration aircraft as part of NASA’s New Aviation Horizons initiative that was introduced in the agency’s Fiscal Year 2017 budget.