Cooperative Agreement FA70001620010

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 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to the Florida Institute of Technology Inc. (Florida TECH) provides $198,529 in funding to conduct advanced numerical simulations and experimental research to improve the understanding and modeling of turbulent combustion in high-speed aerospace propulsion systems. The research aims to address critical knowledge gaps in predicting the complex interactions between turbulence, shock waves, and...

The Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded Purdue University a $277,750 Project Grant under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to support the "LDAD EMBEDDED FLOW CONTROL FOR TURBINES AND MODULATED ENHANCEMENT OF HEAT EXCHANGERS (LDADBFCMEHEX)" project from March 15, 2023 to October 14, 2023. The grant will fund research activities aimed at maintaining Air Force technological superiority in scientific areas relevant to its needs, preventing...

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...

This Project Grant award from the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) provides $184,046.00 in funding to Georgia TECH Research Corp, doing business as the Office of Sponsored Programs, for the research project "PREDICTIVE MODELING OF NON-EQUILIBRIUM PROCESSES AROUND REACTIVE MULTIPHASE INTERFACES IN HYPERGOLIC PROPELLANTS". The award, with a period of performance from Aug 1, 2025 to Jul 31, 2028, supports fundamental and...

The Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) has awarded a $1,499,848.00 Cooperative Agreement to General Electric Company's (GE) GE Research Division to support the "ENGINE-INFORMED PREDICTION OF AVIATION INDUCED CIRRUS TRAILS-EPIC-TRAILS PRE-TRAILS" project. This 2.5-year project, which commenced on February 16, 2024, aims to develop advanced research and technologies related to predicting the formation of cirrus clouds induced by aviation...

The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded Purdue University a $553,170 Project Grant under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to support the development of advanced diagnostics for embedded flow control technologies for high work/low Reynolds turbines (ADBFCONTUR). The grant will fund research from October 15, 2022 through October 14, 2023 to maintain Air Force technological superiority in scientific areas relevant to its needs....

The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $574,000 Project Grant to the University of Connecticut under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to develop a high-performance computational platform for multi-physics modeling of advanced propulsion and energy systems from April 2022 to April 2024. The grant funding will support the University of Connecticut in establishing computational capabilities to model complex physical interactions...

This Cooperative Agreement award of $1,000,000 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program supports the development of an advanced propellant-less propulsion system for small satellites by Field Propulsion Technologies Inc., a small business based in Aurora, Colorado. The project aims to create a prototype propulsion device utilizing a specialized metamaterial based on graphene composite that can generate thrust through unresolved...

The Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) has awarded a $1,731,635 Cooperative Agreement to Advanced Technology International (ATI) for the "COMPONENT OPTIMIZATION FOR MTR INSPECTION AND CONTROL (COMIC)" project. The objective of this grant is to maintain technological superiority for the U.S. Air Force and Space Force by advancing scientific and engineering capabilities in materials science, aerospace systems, and advanced manufacturing. The project involves a...