THE PROPOSED COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT SHALL BE FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAINTAINING THE EXISTING RESEARCH PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE NASA AMCS RESEARCH CENTER (NASAIARC) AND THE UAV COLLABORATIVE THAT WAS ESTABLISHED AS PER NASA COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT NNA04CK24A, EXECUTED ON 6/15/04 FOR A 4-YEAR PERIOD. THIS PROPOSED COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT SHALL REPRESENT A CONTINUATION OF RESEARCH ON UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE (UAV) APPLICATIONS, DEMONSTRATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT FOR AN ADDITIONAL 4-YEAR PERIOD FROM 6/15/08 TO 6/14/12. MEMBERS OF THE UAV COLLABORATIVE SHALL CONDUCT JOINT COOPERATIVE ACTIVITIES WITH NASAIARC-AFFILIATED RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL STAFF. THESE ACTIVITIES SHALL RELATE TO THE LONG-TERM VISION OF NASAIARC IN EXPERIMENTING WITH AND UPGRADING UAV-RCLATED TECHNOLOGY FOR SCIENTIFIC, CIVILIAN AND COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS. THC EMPHASIS SHALL BE ON MEDIUM TO SMALL LJAVS CONSIDERED IN THE FRAMEWORK OF OPTIMAL PERFORMANCE WITH MINIMAL RISK AT LOWER FLIGHT ELEVATIONS (