Project Grant FA95501210347

The University of Texas at Austin received a $360,946 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) to conduct research titled "HIGH-SPEED, SINGLE-SHOT SPECTROSCOPY FOR AIR-BREATHING ELECTRIC PROPULSION." The award period is from February 1, 2023 to January 31, 2024. The grant will fund the development of high-speed, single-shot spectroscopy techniques to characterize the...

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 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 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 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...

This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences, under the Geosciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.050), provides $263,928 to fund collaborative research involving novel sampling and isotopic characterization of upper stratospheric to mesospheric photochemistry. Specifically, the award supports experimentation with a zero-carbon emission rocket to obtain air samples from the mesosphere at 37km and 70km altitudes. Four atmospheric samples...

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a $1,499,976 Project Grant under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to the University of Delaware to conduct research on tensor approaches for simulating kinetic systems. The research team will develop advanced algorithms and software libraries for computational operations on tensors, with a focus on low-rank tensor network representations for dynamical simulation of plasmas. Key sub-awardees include the University of...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) Project Grant award of $584,953 to Colorado State University (CSU) supports research on a laser-driven plasma method for active combustion control called "continuous optical discharge." The key objectives are to: Conduct experimental studies of plasma properties using advanced laser-based diagnostics to determine the conditions required to achieve an optical plasma discharge with a high degree of selectivity....

The Purdue University was awarded a $201,175 Project Grant from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to develop a Simultaneous and In-Situ Measurement System for the Thermal Decomposition of Energetics under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant period runs from May 1, 2022 to April 30, 2023. The Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program aims to maintain technological superiority in scientific areas relevant to Air Force...

Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech) received a $375,000 Project Grant award from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to conduct an exploratory study of the decomposition and combustion process of ionically conducting gel and solid propellants. The award was made under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to maintain technological superiority in scientific areas relevant to Air Force needs and prevent...