The U.S. Air Force awarded a $115,000 Project Grant to Sungkyunkwan University Research & Business Foundation in South Korea under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant, with a performance period from September 30, 2024 to September 29, 2027, will fund the development of an AI-based real-time monitoring scheme of micro-meso scale combustors using multi-location chemiluminescence spectra with limited available data. This research effort aims to maintain...
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a $250,000 Project Grant under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to Cornell University. The grant funds research to develop new diagnostics for exploring extreme conditions, including laser propagation through plasmas and power flow at electrodes. This work aims to maintain technological superiority in scientific areas relevant to Air Force needs and prevent technological surprise. The research will be conducted at...
The federal Project Grant award valued at $100,000.00 was provided by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The award was granted to Seoul National University, a prominent South Korean educational institution, to conduct research on "CONTROL OF COMBUSTION INSTABILITY USING ELECTRIC FIELDS." The research project aims to maintain technological superiority and prevent technological surprise...
The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $100,000 Project Grant to Sungkyunkwan University Research & Business Foundation to support basic research for proposal 21IOA104 "Heat Dissipation Artificial Meta-Structures (AMS) for Space Electronic Devices in Extreme Environment" from December 10, 2021 to December 9, 2023. The research aims to develop heat dissipation technologies using artificial meta-structures to enable space electronic devices...
The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $227,030 Project Grant to the University of Washington under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to develop a Quantum Cascade Laser Spectrometer for investigating non-equilibrium plasma chemistry from March 15, 2022 through December 14, 2023. The grant funds the acquisition of a laser spectrometer to analyze the chemical composition of non-equilibrium plasmas, which will support the Air...
The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees was awarded a $196,429 Project Grant from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant will support exploration of new laser-plasma domains from August 15, 2022 to August 14, 2023. The Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program aims to maintain technological superiority in scientific areas relevant to Air Force needs and prevent technological...
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 University of Minnesota received a two-year, $434,563 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 will fund the HYPERSONIC CONFIGURABLE UNIT BALLISTIC EXPERIMENT (HYCUBE) project, which aims to develop a compact hypersonic flight testing platform. The Defense Research Sciences Program supports research to maintain U.S. technological superiority in scientific...
The U.S. Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $2,991,764 Project Grant to the Georgia State University Research Foundation Inc. under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The funding supports research to improve space object detection and tracking capabilities through the "Space Domain Awareness in a Photon-Starved Environment (SDAPSE)" project. Key activities include developing hybrid optical telescope designs, evaluating...
This Project Grant award of $150,000 from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory will fund research into MAGNETIC AND INERTIAL SENSING FUSION FOR THE SPACE LOCALIZATION AND NAVIGATION from October 2021 through October 2023. The award was made under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800), which aims to maintain Air Force technological superiority and prevent technological surprise through a strong research infrastructure focused on relevant...