Cooperative Agreement 80NSSC21M0258

The Hi-Rate Composite Aircraft Manufacturing (HICAM) project received a $196,747 cooperative agreement award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Shared Services Center under the Aeronautics program. The primary goal of the HICAM project is to demonstrate manufacturing approaches and associated technologies for large composite airframe structures that enable a 4-6 times production rate increase without increasing costs. Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation will deliver the...

The Boeing Company received a $199,149.60 cooperative agreement award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to support the Aeronautics mission area. The primary goal of the Hi-Rate Composite Aircraft Manufacturing (HICAM) project is to demonstrate manufacturing approaches and associated technologies for large composite airframe structures that enable a four to six times production rate increase without cost increases. The award period is from June...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded Electroimpact Inc. a $107,099 cooperative agreement under the Aeronautics program (CFDA 43.002) on August 12, 2021 to demonstrate manufacturing approaches and technologies for large composite airframe structures. The goal of the Hi-Rate Composite Aircraft Manufacturing project is to enable a four to six times increase in aircraft production rates without increased costs. Electroimpact will work to develop manufacturing processes...

This $217,041 National Science Foundation project grant supports research at Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University to develop acoustic holography-enabled additive manufacturing of high-resolution multifunctional composites. The two-year award under the Engineering (47.041) federal grant program will conduct fundamental research to integrate acoustic holography and digital light processing for photo polymerization printing. This will allow for precise spatial control of embedded...

This $600,000 National Science Foundation project grant supports research at the University of Southern California to develop new manufacturing methods for recycling post-consumer carbon fiber composite materials. The research aims to preserve the value of continuous carbon fibers and recover the polymer matrix from aircraft and other composites currently buried in landfills or subjected to pyrolysis. The project will study techniques to remanufacture recycled carbon fibers and polymer matrix...

Collier Research and Development Corporation was awarded a $105,759.17 Cooperative Agreement from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Shared Services Center on July 28, 2021 to complete work by June 30, 2022. The award supports Collier Research & Development Corp.'s HI-RATE COMPOSITE AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURING project, which aims to demonstrate manufacturing approaches and technologies to enable a 4-6 times increase in the production rate of large composite airframe structures...

Rohr, Inc., a Collins Aerospace Company, received a $161,353 cooperative agreement award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center on July 13, 2021 to complete work by June 30, 2022. The award was made under NASA's Aeronautics program (CFDA 43.002) to demonstrate manufacturing approaches and technologies for large composite airframe structures that enable a four to six times increase in production rates without increasing costs. Collins Aerospace will...

The Wichita State University received a $102,464 Cooperative Agreement award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Shared Services Center on July 28, 2021 to support the Hi-Rate Composite Aircraft Manufacturing project through June 30, 2022. The primary goal of the project is to demonstrate manufacturing approaches and technologies that enable a four to six times increase in the production rate of large composite airframe structures without increasing costs. This work supports...

This $187,220 National Science Foundation project grant supports research at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University to establish an optimal design framework for multi-functional composite structures. Leveraging kirigami cutting principles and snap-through multi-stability, the framework will expand performance capabilities for composites in aerospace, automotive, and robotics applications. Under the NSF Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), which supports innovation and excellence in...

Duke University was awarded a $200,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation. The grant falls under the NSF's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), which supports innovation and excellence in engineering research and education. The grant will fund a three-year collaborative research project titled "Acoustic Holography Enabled Additive Manufacturing of High-Resolution Multifunctional Composites." Duke University...