Cooperative Agreement W911W60820001

The Department of the Air Force awarded a $300,495 Cooperative Agreement to Advanced Technology International (ATI) under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) on December 6, 2024. The award supports research and development activities for "TEST ARTICLES OF REACTIVE MATERIAL ARMAMENT CASES (TARMAC)". ATI, a public service nonprofit organization, will leverage partnerships with major aerospace and manufacturing companies, including Boeing, Aerojet Rocketdyne,...

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a $1,528,782 Cooperative Agreement to Advanced Technology International (ATI), a public service nonprofit organization, under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The purpose of this 2-year award, effective April 2025 through October 2026, is to support a research initiative called "METALS AFFORDABILITY INITIATIVE-COOPERATIVE RESEARCH ADVANCING FATIGUE TESTING (CRAFT)." Key sub-awardees on this grant include major...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E), under the Department of Energy's Federal Grant Program CFDA 81.135, provides $1,075,813.00 to Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (Tees) for the "Batch-wise Improvement in Reduced Design Space using a Holistic Optimization Technique (BIRDSHOT), Phase 2" project. The project focuses on refining three refractory high-entropy alloys to enhance their ductility and suitability for...

This $1,430,183 Cooperative Agreement award was issued on July 11, 2024 by the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The award supports the "METALS AFFORDABILITY INITIATIVE III (MAI III) AGREEMENT ORDER #25 PROCESS MONITORING FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING USING ENHANCING DATA ANALYTICS FRAME" project. The primary awardee is Advanced Technology International (ATI), a non-profit organization that facilitates collaborative...

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...

This Cooperative Agreement awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) provides $970,748 in funding to Advanced Technology International (ATI) and its subrecipients to demonstrate chemical processes for powder production of novel, advanced refractory metal alloys and refractory complex concentrated alloys. The goal is to enable energy-efficient powder production processes for inherently less expensive alloy compositions, as...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of the Air Force under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) provides $200,000 in funding to Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) to develop an "Airbreathing Hypersonic Engine Modeling Library for Morphing Engine Designs". The objective is to maintain technological superiority in areas relevant to Air Force needs and prevent technological surprise. The work will leverage...

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 Cooperative Agreement was awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) program (CFDA 81.135) to the University of Wisconsin - Madison. The objective is to address challenges in developing manufacturing processes for ultra-high temperature refractory metal alloys (RMAs) to enable increased energy efficiency through higher operating temperatures in turbine applications. The $2,633,573 award supports research to develop an environmental...

The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $454,850 Project Grant to Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (doing business as Tees) to develop a BOUNDARY LAYER TURBULENCE SURFACE SENSOR ARRAY FOR HYPERSONIC FLIGHT AND GROUND TEST. The period of performance for this award under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) was from January 13, 2021 to January 12, 2022. The Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program aims to maintain...