Research and Development (RAD) Directed Energy (RD) University Assistance Instruments
Funds university-partnered directed-energy research, through a cooperative agreement with an unusually large ceiling and few published details.
Directed-energy weapons are one of the Air Force Research Laboratory's standing technology priorities, and this is the standing assistance instrument it uses to fund university partners on that work.
What's actually in technical scope isn't in the part of the record available here: the category note points straight to the full solicitation for topic areas and funding details, and the eligibility …
University-partnered research and development on directed-energy technology; grants.gov's own listing sends applicants to the full solicitation for eligibility and topic detail.
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