How Sandia hopes to accelerate US hypersonic weapons development

You want this to go faster? OK, send in the contractors. That'll do the trick

The US government's hypersonic weapons programs may have been lagging behind international rivals, but at Sandia National Laboratory in New Mexico, there's a plan to accelerate the process by opening its doors to hundreds of contractors who've previously not been allowed inside the secure facility. What could possibly go wrong?…

from The Register