Cooperative Agreement FA70001820021

The Department of the Air Force awarded a $198,322 Project Grant to the University of California, Los Angeles under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) on July 16, 2021 for completion by July 15, 2023. The grant funding will support basic research to improve global magnetohydrodynamic simulations of the interaction of the solar wind with Earth's magnetosphere. Dr. Mostafa El-Alaoui of the Catholic University of America will receive a sub-award to conduct global MHD...

The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $311,615 Project Grant to the University of Colorado under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to support research titled "PREDICTION OF BASIC OPERATION OF ELECTRO-SPRAY THRUSTERS USING HIGH FIDELITY MODELING." The research aims to develop high-fidelity modeling capabilities to predict the basic operation of electrospray thrusters, maintaining Air Force technological superiority...

The U.S. Department of the Air Force, through the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800), awarded a $115,000 Cooperative Agreement to Laminaredge Aerospace LLC on January 29, 2025. The agreement supports high-speed aerodynamic and global optical diagnostic research to be conducted at the U.S. Air Force Academy Aeronautics Research Center over a 5-year performance period ending January 28, 2030. This fundamental and applied scientific research is aimed at maintaining...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory, under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800), provides funding of $265,970.77 to Energy and Photonics Consulting, Inc. to conduct scientific research concerning novel laser applications. The research is to be performed in accordance with the proposal and revisions dated through August 2, 2024, as well as additional research considerations dated May 23, 2024. The...

The University of New Mexico received a $284,492 Project Grant award from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to support research and development in the area of physics under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). Through this award, the University will conduct basic and applied research in scientific areas relevant to Air Force needs, with the goal of maintaining U.S. technological superiority and preventing technological surprise from...

The University of Colorado received a $421,960 Project Grant award from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant supports the Space Weather Forecasting Testbed for Machine Learning Research and Education project. The Testbed will develop and apply machine learning techniques to improve space weather forecasting models and tools. It will also provide hands-on research and training...

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a $619,648 Project Grant to the University of Colorado under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to conduct research on space situational awareness in cislunar space. The research aims to extend existing methods for tracking and characterizing the motion of space objects in the lunar environment, including developing new approaches for propagating system uncertainty and describing the relative motion of satellite...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) Project Grant award of $505,530 to The Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford University) will support research on coupling meteoroid input to thermospheric processes. The key objectives are to: Study meteors through radar analysis and simulations to understand the physics of how meteoroids interact with the upper atmosphere, creating plasma and affecting atmospheric conditions. This includes developing a novel...

This Project Grant award of $430,000.00 from the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) supports state-resolved studies of nonequilibrium aerothermochemistry in expanding flow environments at the University of Colorado in Boulder, CO. The research aims to maintain technological superiority for the U.S. Air Force and Space Force by advancing fundamental scientific understanding in areas critical to national defense, such as aerospace...

The Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station was awarded a $450,792 project grant from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to support research and development in the area of physics under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant period runs from July 1, 2021 through December 31, 2022. The Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program aims to maintain U.S. technological superiority in scientific areas relevant to Air Force...