Awards/COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT (B)

$43,973,788

Department of Defense·Department of the Air Force

WORK BEGAN2015-08-03·LATEST ACTION—·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDASST_NON_FA86501525516_097

Award description

DPA TITLE III SILICON CARBIDE FIBER PRODUCTION ** FAADC MIGRATION NOTE - ACTION TYPE:"1" TO "A", ASSISTANCE TYPE:"5" TO "05", RECORD TYPE:"2", BUSINESS FUNDS INDICATOR:"NON", INDIVIDUAL RECIPIENT INDICATOR:"NO", RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FUNDS INDICATOR:"YES", COMPETED OPPORTUNITY:"1" TO "C", NUMBER OF PROPOSALS OR APPLICATIONS:"1", AWARDING SUB-TIER AGENCY CODE "5700" DERIVED FROM AWARDING OFFICE CODE "FA8650", FUNDING SUB-TIER AGENCY CODE "5700" DERIVED FROM FUNDING OFFICE CODE "F4FBCN", PPOP COUNTRY CODE:"USA", SMALL BUSINESS INDICATOR:"O", SAM EXCEPTION:"X" **

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

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In plain English

Expand domestic production of silicon carbide fibers for advanced military aircraft and defense electronics systems.

Sub-sectors

semiconductor-materialssilicon-carbide-productiondpa-title-iii-capacity

Why this matters

Silicon carbide is critical for next-generation military systems; domestic production reduces foreign supply-chain vulnerability.

Supply-chain signal

Builds U.S. industrial capacity for a strategic semiconductor material essential to military systems and advanced power electronics.

U.S.–China competition angle

Domestic SiC investment counters Chinese advances in semiconductor manufacturing and military electronics capabilities.

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Period of performance

Start

2015-08-03

End

2027-01-06

Status

activein 190 days

Recipient

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY

UEI J1T1FEN3PWX6

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Sources

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