Cooperative Agreement FA86502025503

The U.S. Department of Defense, through the Defense Production Act (DPA) Title III Program (CFDA 12.777), awarded a $43,436,608 Cooperative Agreement to Global Advanced Metals USA Inc. on September 20, 2024. The funding supports the establishment of low-cost domestic production capabilities for high-purity niobium, a critical material for defense applications. The goal is to reduce reliance on foreign sources of strategic materials and expand domestic production capacity over the award period,...

The Department of Defense Washington Headquarters Service has awarded a $53,709,226 Cooperative Agreement under the Defense Production Act (DPA) Title III program (CFDA 12.777) to Electra Battery Materials Corporation, a foreign-owned for-profit manufacturer located in Canada. The funding will support the construction of the Ontario Cobalt Sulfate Refinery, a project that aims to create, maintain, protect, expand, and restore domestic industrial base capabilities essential for national...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of Defense Washington Headquarters Service is funded under the Defense Production Act (DPA) Title III program (CFDA 12.777). The $10,245,214 award to Rare Resource Recycling Inc. will support the recovery and recycling of end-of-life Neodymium-Iron-Boron (NdFeB) magnets through rare earth extraction. The project aims to create, maintain, protect, expand, and restore domestic industrial base capabilities essential for national defense,...

The Department of Defense (DoD) awarded a $20,539,361.07 Cooperative Agreement to Northcliff Resources LTD. under the Defense Production Act (DPA) Title III program (CFDA 12.777). The funding will support a feasibility study to update domestic-source tungsten supply capabilities, which are essential for national defense. The project aims to create, maintain, protect, expand, and restore domestic industrial base capabilities related to this critical material. The award was made on April 29, 2025,...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the Washington Headquarters Service, under the Defense Production Act (DPA) Title III Program (CFDA 12.777), provides $18,251,781.00 in funding to Golden Metal Resources LLC to create, maintain, protect, expand, and restore domestic industrial base capabilities essential for national defense. The award, effective July 22, 2025 and with a completion date of October 23, 2028, supports critical technologies, materials, and manufacturing capabilities across...

The Department of Defense Washington Headquarters Service has awarded a $31,550,974 Cooperative Agreement to Fireweed Metals Corp. under the Defense Production Act (DPA) Title III Program (CFDA 12.777). The purpose of this award is to create, maintain, protect, expand, and restore domestic industrial base capabilities essential for national defense, with a focus on supporting critical technologies, materials, and manufacturing capabilities across various defense-related sectors. The funding will...

The Department of Defense awarded Rare Earth Salts Separations And Refining LLC a $8,674,454 Cooperative Agreement under the Defense Production Act (DPA) Title III Program (CFDA 12.777). The funding supports the commercial production of heavy rare earth elements recovered from recycled lamp phosphors, which aims to create, maintain, protect, expand, and restore domestic industrial base capabilities essential for national defense. Through this award, Rare Earth Salts will leverage its expertise...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the Department of Defense (DOD) under the Defense Production Act (DPA) Title III Program (CFDA 12.777), will fund Constellium Muscle Shoals LLC to expand U.S. aluminum casting capacity. The $54,919,400 award, granted on July 22, 2024, aims to create, maintain, protect, expand, or restore domestic industrial base capabilities essential for national defense. The funding will support efforts to reduce reliance on foreign sources and strengthen...

This $324,346 Cooperative Agreement was awarded on December 5, 2024 by the Washington Headquarters Service under the Defense Production Act (DPA) Title III program (CFDA 12.777). The funding is aimed at improving closed bomb and closed combustion chamber technologies, which are critical capabilities for national defense. The awardee, Sparc Research LLC, is a for-profit limited liability company specializing in advanced propulsion design, research, and technology development. This grant...

The Department of Energy (DOE) awarded Corepower Magnetics Inc. a $19,974,887 Cooperative Agreement under the Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chain Demonstrations and Commercial Applications program (CFDA 81.253) to establish a 10,000-ton-per-year production facility for soft magnetic amorphous metals. This facility will boost domestic supply chain resiliency for transformers and motors used in grid and electric vehicle applications, reducing reliance on rare earth elements. The project aims...