The Department of the Air Force awarded a $120,000 Project Grant to Kungliga Tekniska Hogskolan of Sweden under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The two-year award, made on June 1, 2023 and concluding on May 31, 2025, will support research and development in the area of chemical science and engineering. The Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program aims to maintain U.S. technological superiority through scientific research relevant to Air Force needs. This award...
Chalmers Tekniska Hogskola Aktiebolag (CTH) was awarded a $248,517 project grant from the Department of the Air Force under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant will fund CTH's "REALIZING STRUCTURAL BATTERY COMPOSITES" project from August 1, 2021 through July 31, 2024. The Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program aims to maintain U.S. technological superiority in scientific areas relevant to Air Force needs. This award will support CTH's efforts...
The Department of the Air Force awarded a $225,000 Project Grant to Chalmers Tekniska Hogskola Aktiebolag of Sweden to support research and development in the area of electrical science and engineering from June 1, 2023 through May 31, 2025. The award is being made under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800), which aims to maintain U.S. technological superiority in scientific areas relevant to Air Force needs by preventing technological surprise and creating it for...
The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $271,346 Project Grant to Stanford University under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant supports research to develop real-time battery health monitoring techniques for electric aerial vehicles using built-in ultrasonic methods. The two-year project will investigate ultrasonic monitoring of lithium-ion batteries to detect degradation and predict remaining useful life. This work...
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded a $150,000 Project Grant to Seoul National University (SNU) under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The 3-year grant, which commenced on September 15, 2024, supports research on the "Controlled Thermal Runaway of Ultrahigh Capacity Lithium-Ion Batteries via Experimental and Modeling Approaches." This fundamental and applied research aims to prevent technological surprise and create strategic advantages...
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded Purdue University a $423,988 Project Grant under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to develop a "HIGH ENERGY DENSITY BATTERY COMPOSED OF ENERGETIC MATERIALS" with a performance period from March 1, 2024 to February 28, 2027. The Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program funds a wide range of basic and applied research to maintain technological superiority in areas relevant to Air Force needs, such as...
The U.S. Department of the Air Force awarded a $114,100 Project Grant under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to Kungliga Tekniska Hogskolan in Sweden. The award, effective from April 15, 2025 to April 14, 2028, will fund research and development of MIE-resonant metasurfaces for engineering optical resonances for mid-infrared imaging applications. This award supports the Department of the Air Force's goal of maintaining technological superiority in scientific areas...
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a $149,966 Project Grant to North Carolina State University under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to conduct research on "ACTIVE DEPLOYMENT CONTROL OF ULTRA-THIN COMPOSITE STRUCTURES". The goal of this 3-year project, which runs from June 1, 2024 to May 31, 2027, is to maintain technological superiority for the U.S. Air Force and Space Force by advancing research in materials science and aerospace systems....
The U.S. Air Force awarded a $232,713 Project Grant to The Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford University) on May 1, 2024 under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). This grant supports the research project "NANOCOMPOSITES LEVERAGING DESIGNER CERAMIC MATRICES WITH TAILORED INTERFACIAL CHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR-SCALE CONFINED PHASES" to be performed at Stanford University. The Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program funds a range of basic and applied...
The Department of the Air Force awarded a $180,000 Project Grant to the Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, a non-profit educational institution, under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant supports R&D, science, and engineering activities in the area of electrical engineering over a 2-year period from Sep 1, 2023 to Aug 31, 2025. The project aims to maintain technological superiority in scientific areas relevant to Air Force needs, prevent technological...