Cooperative Agreement FA70001620005

This $255,843 National Science Foundation project grant under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program will fund research and development of an integrated high lift propulsor to enable affordable and energy-efficient advanced air mobility aircraft designs. Wayfarer Aircraft Research and Development Inc. will conduct wind tunnel experiments and computational fluid dynamics simulations from August 2022 to July 2023 to characterize aerodynamic interactions between a propeller and wing...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, with a total funding amount of $4,500,000.00, was issued by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The award supports the "SECURE UAV-UGV" project, which aims to maintain technological superiority in scientific areas relevant to Air Force needs, prevent technological surprise, and create strategic advantages for the nation. The award, with a...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded a $134,000 Project Grant to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Office of Research Administration on November 1, 2025, under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) for the project "Data-Driven Characterization and Control of Gust-Tolerant Flight of Super-Maneuverable Vehicles." The four-year performance period extends through October 31, 2029. This award supports...

The University of Illinois was awarded a $749,982 project grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to support research for the agency's Research and Technology Development program (CFDA 12.910). The grant will fund the university's One-Size-Fits-Most Space Propulsion effort to develop dual-use space propulsion technologies. Work will be carried out as outlined in the university's May 2020 proposal and the Statement of Work, and involves subawards to Froberg Aerospace LLC and...

Federal Grant Award Summary The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees received a $400,000 Project Grant award dated March 15, 2026, under the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041), administered through the Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems. The research initiative, scheduled for completion by February 28, 2029, will deliver experimental research and technical analysis focused on wing-tail interactions in...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The University of Michigan, through its Office of Research and Sponsored Projects, received a Cooperative Agreement award of $185,000 obligated under the Basic and Applied Scientific Research program (CFDA 12.300), administered by the Naval Air Warfare Center. The award, exercising Option 1 CLIN 0002 in the amount of $120,000, supports research on "Predictive Cost Adaptive Control of Autonomous Flight Vehicles" with performance extending from the...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary Georgia TECH Research Corp received a $174,200 Project Grant award from the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) on July 15, 2025, with an ultimate completion date of July 14, 2028. The award supports fundamental and applied research on hybrid stochastic dynamical systems, specifically addressing dissipativity properties, thermodynamic principles, and optimal control methodologies. This research...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary San Diego State University Research Foundation received a $320,000 award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Information and Intelligent Systems under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070), effective September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2028. This collaborative research project will develop advanced cyber-physical systems enabling unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to physically interact with moving...

The U.S. Air Force awarded a $4,493,413 Cooperative Agreement to the CAL Poly Corporation under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) on January 1, 2025. The "GREEN, SECURE, SATELLITE PROPULSION (GSSP)" project aims to maintain technological superiority for the U.S. Air Force and Space Force by supporting fundamental and applied scientific research across diverse domains, including satellite propulsion and cybersecurity for small spacecraft. Under the...

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary Merge Solutions, LLC received a $295,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded on September 29, 2025, by the U.S. Air Force Defense Finance and Accounting Service (USAF DFAS) under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The award supports a five-year research initiative through September 28, 2030, focused on developing advanced algorithms for Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) design. The research will employ autonomous processes, optimized...