INFO MEMO U-10-2552-CE

U-10-2552/CE
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DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20340-5100 DEC Oj 2f)10
INFO MEMO ,SL-. .UP
fOR: UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR ACQUISITION~ TECHNOLOGY,
AND LOGISTICS . ./;).D
FROM: Ronal<l L Burgess, Jr., Lieutenant ... ral, USA, Director, Defense IntelJig!;:nce
Agency
SUBJECT: (U) Advanced Aerospace Threat and Identification Program
(U/lfOUO) The Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program was first sponsored
in the Fiscal Year (FY) 1008 Defense Supplemental Appropriation Act by Senators Reid.
and Inouye with a S10 million add. The purpose of this congressional add was to
investig11te foreign advanced aerospace weapon threats from the present out to the next_
40 years and to build an infrastructure to house a center of expertise on advanced
aerospace technologies. The potential threat posed by 1mconventional or "leap:'
aerospace vehicles that could pose national security implications for the United States
was a specific area of interest.
(U/ffOUO) The Detense Intelligence Agency (DIA) published a request for proposal
(RFP). The RFP identified twelve technical are~s to be studied: lift, propulsion; contr9l;
armament; signatures reduction; materials; configuration-; power generation; temporal
translation; human effects; human interface; and technology integration. DIA awarded a
contract to the Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies LLC (BAASS), the only bid,
headquartered in North Las Vegas, Nevada.
(U/ffOUO) BAASS identified and worked with academics and scientists to produce 26
technical reports by June, 2009. All of these reports were delivered t-0 DIA by .
September, 2009. A list of these first 26 technical reports is enclosure 1. One of the 26
reports, titled Advanced Space Propulsion Based on Vacuum (Spacetime Metric)
Engineering was pubIished in March, 20 IO. It fa included as enclosure 2 and is provided
as an example of r~ports.
(U} The FY 2010 Defense Appropriations Act included a $12 million add for the project.
Twelve additional reports were produced and delivered. They are also included in
enclosure I .
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