Cooperative Agreement FA86502325521

Federal Cooperative Agreement Summary The Office of the Secretary of Defense awarded Northcliff Resources LTD. a $20.5 million Cooperative Agreement on April 29, 2025, under the Defense Production Act (DPA) Title III program (CFDA 12.777) to conduct a feasibility study update for establishing domestic-source tungsten supply capabilities. The project, with a completion date of July 29, 2027, supports the federal government's strategic objective of reducing U.S. reliance on foreign sources for...

This Cooperative Agreement award, totaling $1,781,948.00, was granted by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The award aims to support the Metals Affordability Initiative III (MAI III) and specifically focuses on providing cold spray support for casting processes. The key products and services being delivered under this award include advanced materials research, innovative manufacturing techniques like cold spray...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) provides $250,000 to Purdue University to develop an energy-efficient manufacturing process for producing lightweight titanium alloy sheet, foil and wire. Specifically, the award will support optimizing hybrid machining process parameters to influence material structure and properties for these thin gauge formats. The project will also characterize the new...

Directed Vapor Technologies International, Inc. received a $199,959 Project Grant award from the Department of Energy Office of Science on June 28, 2021 to support its METAL CARBON COMPOSITE MANUFACTURING project. The project aims to develop manufacturing techniques for metal carbon composites through March 27, 2022. The award is being administered under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA No. 81.049), which supports scientific discoveries and tools to transform...

The Department of Defense Washington Headquarters Service awarded Burlington Industries LLC a $6.88 million cooperative agreement under the Defense Production Act Title III program. The award will support Burlington Industries' DPA TITLE III, SUSTAINMENT AND OPTIMIZATION OF WORSTED WOOL FABRIC PRODUCTION PROJECT from March 31, 2021 through September 30, 2027. The Defense Production Act Title III program aims to maintain domestic industrial base capabilities essential for national defense....

Tibbar Plasma Technologies Inc. was awarded a $995,712 cooperative agreement from the National Science Foundation under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to support development of a plasma heat engine for efficient production of fusion energy. The two-year award running from December 2021 through November 2023 will allow Tibbar Plasma to advance its technology for an innovative fusion energy generator with the potential to provide clean, sustainable power. As part of its mission to promote...

Award Summary Jupiter Volta Inc. received a $3.65 million Cooperative Agreement from the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E, CFDA 81.135) for the development of diamond-metal composite structured materials suitable for extreme environment applications. The award, issued on March 26, 2026, with a completion date of March 25, 2029, will deliver an operational Rapid Additive Manufacturing (RAD) printer and 3D diamond-metal composite samples for customer evaluation as potential...

The Department of Defense Washington Headquarters Service Office of Economic Adjustment awarded a $6.3 million Project Grant to Sae Government Technologies doing business as Defense Automotive Technologies Consortium. The grant is part of the Community Investment federal grant program (CFDA 12.600) and will fund the commercialization accelerator for domestic critical element production to strengthen the defense industrial base. Specifically, the funding will support Sae Government...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) awarded a $1,788,621 Cooperative Agreement to the University of Illinois for the "HIGH EFFICIENCY, SOLID STATE MICROWAVE-POWERED HYDROGEN PLASMAS FOR USE IN DIRECT REDUCTION OF TACONITE ORE AND ORE CONCENTRATES IN A ROTARY KILN FURNACE" project. This 3-year project, with a start date of August 15, 2024, will develop a microwave-powered hydrogen plasma rotary kiln process for directly reducing iron ore...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded a $199,591 Project Grant to Amaero Advanced Materials & Manufacturing Inc. on July 22, 2024 under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049). The grant supports the development of metal additive manufacturing techniques for refractory metal nuclear reactor components. The project aims to advance U.S. energy, economic, and national security priorities through transformative scientific discoveries in materials...