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Awards/COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT (B)

$536,656,761

Department of Defense·Department of the Air Force

to BIOINDUSTRIAL MANUFACTURING AND DESIGN ECOSYSTEM

biotechactiveONGOING · MOD OF 2020 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2020-10-19·LATEST ACTION2026-04-29·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDASST_NON_FA86502125028_097
Award description

BIOMADE: THE BIOINDUSTRIAL MANUFACTURING AND DESIGN ECOSYSTEM

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

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What the model surfaced from this award

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In plain English

Latest obligation on the BIOMADE cooperative agreement, a 2020-launched DoD initiative to develop bioindustrial manufacturing capabilities and sustainable bio-based materials.

Sub-sectors
biomanufacturingadvanced-materialsdod-industrial-base
Why this matters

Biomanufacturing is a strategic priority for DoD supply-chain resilience and reducing dependence on petrochemical inputs for defense-critical materials and chemicals.

Supply-chain signal

This funds ecosystem development for bio-derived alternatives to conventional industrial chemicals and polymers, potentially reshaping supplier relationships across defense manufacturing.

U.S.–China competition angle

China is advancing synthetic biology and fermentation-based manufacturing; this program positions the U.S. to compete in next-generation bioindustrial capacity.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-17. Cost: $0.003083.

Period of performance
Start
2020-10-19
End
2028-01-10
Status
activein 559 days
Sources

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