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Air Force Defense Research Sciences Program

Program Information

Popular name

N/A

Program Number

12.800

Program objective

To maintain technological superiority in the scientific areas relevant to Air Force needs; to prevent technological surprise to our nation and create it for our adversaries; to maintain a strong research infrastructure composed of Air Force laboratories, industry, and universities; and to complement the national research effort.

Program expenditures, by FY (2023 - 2025)

This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.

For more information on each of these data sources, please see the About the data page.

Additional program information

  1. 2017

    “(DURIP 17) Photonic-to-RF Instrumentation Systems for Manufacturing and Testing of Integrated Components (PRISMATIC)” Awarded 30 SEP 2017 to the University of Delaware for $358,301.00.

  2. 2023

    Capitalized on the various types of assistance instruments available in our toolbox and applied the knowledge to effectively and efficiently meet AFRL’s mission requirements.

  3. 2024

    The number of awards and total dollars being obligated under this listing has grown from FY24. The projects executed under this listing support collaboration between USAFA’s cadets and real-world research initiatives, enhancing and furthering cadet education

    Produced software control methodologies and algorithms resulting in assured behaviors for networked, collaborative, and autonomous (NCA) agents to be constructed in a modular and open architecture focused on adaptive real-time deep learning methods applicable and scalable across a network with intermittent feedback and communications in contested environments.

Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):

For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.

OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.

The DoDGARS (as updated through DoD’s interim implementation of 2 CFR part 200 which can be found at 2 CFR part 1103) applies to DoD grants and cooperative agreements. Also see individual program announcements.

  1. 10 U.S.C. 2358.

Program details

Categories & sub-categories

Science and Technology

Program types

Eligible beneficiaries

  • Other private institution/organization
  • Other public institution/organization
  • Private nonprofit institution/organization
  • Public nonprofit institution/organization

Additional resources