The University of California Santa Cruz (UCSC) was awarded a $148,487 Project Grant from the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) on April 1, 2024. The grant supports UCSC's research to develop resilient autonomous air and space systems over a performance period ending March 31, 2027. The Air Force Research Laboratory is the funding agency for this award, which aims to advance scientific knowledge and prevent technological surprise in areas relevant to Air Force needs....
The University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) was awarded a $503,372 project grant from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program. The grant will fund research from May 2023 through May 2026 related to the geometry of hybrid dynamical systems and developing techniques for robust hybrid geometric control. As part of the Air Force's efforts to maintain technological superiority in scientific areas relevant to its...
The University of California Santa Cruz received a $220,000 Project Grant award from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory dated February 15, 2023. The grant supports the project "INFORMATION-DRIVEN DESIGN OPTIMIZATION OF AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS UNDER UNCERTAINTY" through February 14, 2024. This award is funded by the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800), which aims to maintain Air Force technological superiority in scientific areas...
The University of California Santa Cruz received a $492,827 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 support research into model-based data-driven learning methods for optimal feedback from May 2021 through April 2024. The Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program aims to maintain technological superiority in scientific areas relevant to Air Force needs and...
The University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) was awarded a $150,000 Project Grant from the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The grant, awarded on June 1, 2025, funds research on "Quantum Computing -- Analog Quantum Learning Architectures for Scaling Quantum Metrology, Control and NISQ Applications." This fundamental and applied research aims to maintain technological superiority for the U.S. Air Force and Space...
The University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) has been awarded a $2,499,579 Project Grant from the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) to develop "DIGITAL TWIN ENABLED AUTONOMOUS CONTROL FOR ON-ORBIT SPACECRAFT SERVICING." This 3-year grant, awarded on September 25, 2023, aims to increase the resilience and availability of space assets through research on autonomous on-orbit servicing, refueling, repair, and towing/decommissioning. UCSC is collaborating with...
The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded a $351,770 federal Project Grant to the University of California, Santa Cruz under the Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering program (CFDA 12.630). The grant, with a performance period from September 16, 2024 to September 15, 2025, will support advanced research and technological development initiatives across multiple scientific domains aligned with national defense missions. As a Hispanic-Serving Institution and land-grant...
The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory has awarded a $100,002 Cooperative Agreement to the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The funding will support fundamental and applied research into the "Confidential Discovery and Retrieval of Publicly Available Internet Information" over the period from March 10, 2025 to June 8, 2028. UCSB, a renowned public research university, will...
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a $201,023 Project Grant to the University of California, Berkeley under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800) on March 11, 2024. The funding supports research on the autonomous navigation of drones and robots in indoor and outdoor cluttered environments. The work aims to develop new capabilities and prevent technological surprise in areas relevant to Air Force needs, such as computer science, aerospace systems, and related...
The University of California, Santa Barbara received a $210,000 Project Grant award from the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program (CFDA 12.800). The award, with a performance period from September 5, 2024 to September 4, 2025, will support research on "Fiber-Coupled On-Chip THz Spectroscopy of Van der Waals Materials." This fundamental scientific research aims to advance understanding and develop innovative measurement technologies in...