Materials
Abstract
This program develops advanced materials, processing, and inspection technologies to reduce life cycle costs and improve performance, sustainability, availability, affordability, supportability, reliability, and survivability of current and future Air Force systems and operations. The program has five projects that develop: (1) the materials and processing technology base for spacecraft and launch systems; (2) structural, propulsion, and sub-systems materials and processes technologies; (3) electronic, optical, and survivability materials and processes technologies; (4) sustainment materials, processes technologies, and advanced non-destructive inspection methodologies; and (5) air base operations technologies including deployable base infrastructure, force protection, and fire fighting capabilities. This program is in Budget Activity 2, Applied Research, since it develops and determines the technical feasibility and military utility of evolutionary and revolutionary technologies.
Document Details
- Document Type
- R2 Budgetary Justification
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2011
- Source ID
- 0602102F_2_3600_PB_2011
- Change Summary Explanation
- The FY 2010 President's Budget submittal did not reflect FY 2011 through FY 2015 funding. A detailed explanation of changes between the two budget positions is not provided because it cannot be made in a relevant manner. In FY 2010, Congress added $2.0 million for Accelerated Insertion of Advanced Materials and Certification for Military Aircraft Structure Material Substitution and Repair, $3.2 million for Advanced Aerospace Carbon Foam Heat Exchangers, $0.8 million for Aerospace Laser Micro Engineering Station, $4.8 million for Air Force Minority Leaders Program, $0.8 million for Carbon Nanomaterials for Advanced Aerospace Applications, $2.88 million for Conducting Polymer Stress and Polymer Damage Sensors for Composites, $3.2 million for Consortium for Nanomaterials for Aerospace Commerce and Technology (CONTACT), $1.2 million for Development of Mobile Wind Turbine Systems to Power Forward Bases, $1.0 million for Energy Efficiency, Recovery, and Generation (ENERGy), $2.0 million for Fine Water Mist Fire Suppression Technology to Replace Halon, $3.2 million for Fire and Blast Resistant Materials for Force Protection, $1.6 million for Gallium Nitride (GaN) Microelectronics and Materials, $2.0 million for Hybrid Materials Integration (HMI), $0.8 million for Hybrid Nanoparticle-based Coolant Technology Development and Manufacturing, $3.6 million for Institute for Science and Engineering Simulation/Aircraft Fatigue Modeling and Simulation, $1.6 million for Large Area, APVT Materials Development for High Power Devices, $3.0 million for Lightning Protection Composites, $1.6 million for LGX High Temperature Acoustic Wave Sensors, $2.8 million for Low-Defect Density Gallium Nitride Materials for High-Performance Electronics Devices, $0.8 million for Mid-IR Laser Materials, $3.52 million for ONAMI Safer Nanomaterials and Nanomanufacturing, $1.6 million for Partnership for Energy and Automation Technologies, $0.8 million for Pennsylvania NanoMaterials Commercialization Center, $0.8 million for Temperature Resistant Landing Pad Jet Blast Protection, and $2.4 million for Ultra-High Temperature Materials for Hypersonic Aerospace Vehicles. C. Performance Metrics Under Development.
- Service Agency Name
- Air Force
Entities
Organizations
- United States Air Force
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