Pioneering Aerospace Capabilities, Engineering and Research (PACER)
Funds aerospace capabilities, engineering and research through a Broad-Agency-style vehicle the Air Force keeps open for two decades at a time.
The title says what this is for on its own: pioneering aerospace capabilities through engineering and research, run by the Air Force Research Laboratory.
Beyond that title, Grants.gov carries almost nothing else — no list of technical areas, no named exclusions, nothing further about what is actually being solicited.
The contact address is PACERBAA@us.af.mil — the letters "BAA" sitting inside th…
Aerospace capabilities, engineering and research advancing military aerospace systems, run as a standing Air Force Research Laboratory vehicle; Grants.gov's own text names no technical area beyond that title.
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