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AFRL To Issue Multiple Awards Under $400 Million Contract for Advanced Aerospace Systems Technology Research Program

AFRL To Issue Multiple Awards Under $400 Million Contract for Advanced Aerospace Systems Technology Research Program
A depiction of Aurora Flight Sciences' X-plane for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)’s Control of Revolutionary Aircraft with Novel Effectors (CRANE) program. Aurora's concept uses Active Flow Control (Aurora Flight Sciences Photo)

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) is making awards to multiple companies under a $400 million contract for the Advanced Aerospace Systems Technology Research program. "The primary objective of the program is to conduct research toward the development, demonstration, integration, and transition of new aerospace vehicle technologies, designs, and integrated systems that will provide advanced capabilities to the Department of the Air Force," DoD said. "Work will be performed at each contractor facility, unless otherwise indicated in each task…

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