FPI / September 22, 2025Geostrategy-DirectThe House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party disclosed in an alarming new report that 300 Pentagon research grants funded Chinese entities and more than half involved partnerships with companies linked to PLA research and industrial projects. The committee disclosed that Pentagon controls and security measures on its technology work are woefully inadequate as Chinese entities military-related entities have received more than $2.5 billion in U.S. defense-funded grants. China’s government is still exploiting American universities and has gained access to American military technology for its hypersonic missile research and development of nuclear arms. Based on the report, Select Committee Chairman John Moolenaar introduced legislation that would ban federal technology research from collaborating with adversary-controlled entities that pose national security risks. Regarding hypersonic missiles, the report said the seven national defense universities directly engaged in PLA hypersonic missile research and development.