Cooperative Agreement FA86502225501

The U.S. Department of Defense, through the Defense Production Act (DPA) Title III program (CFDA 12.777), awarded a $16,704,054 Cooperative Agreement to Lomiko Metals Inc. on May 16, 2024. The grant will fund the expansion of Lomiko's domestic production capability and capacity for natural flake graphite at its La Loutre facility in Canada. The DPA Title III program aims to create, maintain, protect, expand, or restore domestic industrial base capabilities essential for national defense. This...

The U.S. Department of Defense awarded a $247,755,000 Cooperative Agreement to Williams International Co., L.L.C. (Willc) under the Defense Production Act (DPA) Title III program (CFDA 12.777). The award, made in December 2024, supports facilities expansion to increase domestic production volume of cruise missile engines. The DPA Title III program aims to create, maintain, protect, expand, or restore domestic industrial base capabilities essential for national defense. This funding will enable...

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...

The U.S. Department of Defense, through the Washington Headquarters Service, awarded a $324,346 Cooperative Agreement to Sparc Research LLC on December 5, 2024 under the Defense Production Act (DPA) Title III program (CFDA 12.777). The grant is focused on improving closed bomb and closed combustion chamber technologies, which are essential for national defense. Sparc Research, a for-profit limited liability company specializing in advanced propulsion design and research, will leverage this...

This $13.9 million Cooperative Agreement from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory, funded under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800), supports the development of a large-scale prototyping developmental tape pre-preg braider capable of producing fiber-reinforced composite components at sizes relevant for Air Force needs. Missouri State University's Jordan Valley Innovation Center and Physical Sciences Inc. will continue maturing and...

The U.S. Department of Defense, through the Defense Production Act (DPA) Title III program (CFDA 12.777), has awarded a $23,186,694.80 Cooperative Agreement to Nano One Materials Corp. on Sep 25, 2024. The purpose of this award is to support the creation, maintenance, protection, expansion, or restoration of domestic industrial base capabilities essential for national defense. The funding will support Nano One Materials Corp.'s efforts to develop and scale advanced manufacturing capabilities for...

The Department of Defense (DOD) Washington Headquarters Service awarded a $43,436,608 Cooperative Agreement to Global Advanced Metals USA Inc. under the Defense Production Act (DPA) Title III program (CFDA 12.777). The purpose of this grant is to establish low-cost domestic production capabilities for high-purity niobium, a critical material for defense applications, in order to reduce reliance on foreign sources of strategic materials. The performance period for this award extends from...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant award of $274,919 to Ce-Ri-Ss Materials LLC, a minority-owned small business, aims to develop advanced lightweight aluminum and carbon fiber composite materials with enhanced mechanical properties. The project will investigate the microstructural evolution and bonding mechanisms at the aluminum-carbon fiber interfaces, leveraging rare earth element coatings and alloying additions to create...

The Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) awarded the University of Delaware a $3,060,498 cooperative agreement under the ARPA-E program (CFDA #81.135) on September 13, 2022 to develop efficient manufacturing of lightweight composite architected structures for transportation vehicles through September 12, 2025. Under the award, the University of Delaware will lead a consortium to develop and commercialize Composite Architected Materials Processing (CAMP), a...

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded a $4,381,885 Cooperative Agreement to Missouri State University on June 6, 2024 under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The objective of this 26-month award is to design, manufacture, and verify the performance of a sub-component with features representative of the more complex geometries contained in typical hypersonic vehicle components. This research aims to enable the manufacture of affordable high-temperature...