DPA Title III Thin Wall Castings for Military Applications Project

Funding Opportunity Number: FOA-AFRL-RQKM-2016-0002 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementCategory of Funding Activity: Science and Technology and other Research and DevelopmentCFDA Number: 12.800Eligible Applicants Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"Agency Name: DOD-AFRLClosing Date: Jan 11, 2016Award Ceiling: Expected Number of Awards: 1Creation Date: Nov 16, 2015Funding Opportunity Description: The DPA Title III objective of the Phase 1 effort is to maintain, modernize, and expand existing domestic, economically viable, merchant supplier production capabilities in the manufacture of complex, large, multi-core magnesium and aluminum sand casting products for rotorcraft platforms. Scope: The capacity expansion will be achieved through a mix of government and recipient investments to recapitalize aging foundries and strengthen a diminishing supply base in order to meet DoD rotorcraft part requirements. Investments will focus on a series of measures designed to increase production efficiencies and/or improve part quality, thus reducing lead times, reworks and costs.
Source: Grants.gov - Category: Research Tags: Science and Technology and other Research and Development Source Type: funding