Project Grant FA23862511010

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 University of New South Wales received a $223,350 project grant award from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to support basic research activities under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) from February 1, 2022 through January 31, 2024. The grant funds alternative approaches to investigating stability and transition as proposed in the grantee's September 9, 2021 application titled "BASIC RESEARCH FOR AOARD PROPOSAL 21IOA136 'AN...

The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $100,000 Project Grant to the Korea Advanced Institute Of Science And Technology to develop a platform-independent plasma probe for CubeSats. The two-year award runs from May 2021 through May 2023. Under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800), which aims to maintain Air Force technological superiority and prevent technological surprise, the grantee will develop a plasma probe that can operate...

The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $108,855 Project Grant to Space Science And Technologies Jose Nilo Castellon EIRL located in Chile. The grant will fund the CONVOLVED SPECTRA FOR GEOSYNCHRONOUS SATELLITES CHARACTERIZATION project from November 2021 through November 2023. Under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800), the grantee will analyze convoluted spectra to characterize geosynchronous satellites. The program aims to...

The Center For Collaborative Interdisciplinary Sciences, N.p.o. received a $224,660 Project Grant award from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to conduct basic research for proposal 21IOA024 titled "Pressure, Ion Probe, and Flow-Visualization Measurements in Inside-Injector Rotating Detonation Engines." The research will be performed in Japan from April 2021 through April 2023 under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The...

The University of New South Wales received a $147,493 project grant award from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to support basic research under proposal number 22IOA003 for the period of February 28, 2022 through February 27, 2023. The research focuses on advanced regional and global numerical modelling of the ionosphere to support space situational awareness, high-frequency radar, and communications. This award is funded through the Air Force Defense Research...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) award to Samara Aerospace, Inc. provides $274,993 to develop a Multifunctional Structures for Attitude Control (MSAC) system. The project aims to enhance the efficiency, reliability, and readiness of this attitude control system for spacecraft, with the goal of enabling new commercial and scientific applications that require highly agile, low-cost, and space-hardened satellite orientation control. Key...

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 award, totaling $619,648, was provided by the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant supports research to enhance space situational awareness in cislunar space, which is the region between the Earth and the Moon. Key focus areas include track association, relative motion analysis, and development of analytic orbit theory for lunar operations. The primary awardee is the University of Colorado, which will...

The Department of the Air Force awarded a $100,000 project grant to Universitat Bern in Switzerland under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant will fund research and development in the scientific area of astronautics from September 15, 2022 through September 14, 2025. The Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program aims to maintain technological superiority in scientific areas relevant to Air Force needs and prevent technological surprise to the United...