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This undated Defense Intelligence Agency info memo to the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics describes the Advanced Aerospace Threat and Identification Program. Senators Reid and Inouye started the program with a $10 million add in FY2008, and a $12 million add followed in FY2010. The contract went to Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies, which produced 38 technical reports. DIA found no grounds to classify the program, judged the reports of limited value, and suggested moving the project to another agency.
UNCLASSIFIED/,'F8R 8FFICIS ,ts "1Ell! 8flts f INFO MEMO U-!0- 2552 ~(b)(3):10 USC 424 FOR: UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR ACQU!SlTlON, TECHNOLOGY, AND LOGISTICS _ l(b)(3):10 USC 424:(b)(6) I FROM: ~-~~------------------~Defense Intelligence Agency SUBJECT: (U) Advanced Aerospace Threat and Identification Program (U/WOI IQ) The Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program was first sponsored in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2008 Defense Supplemental Appropriation Act by Senators Reid and Inouye with a$ IO million add. The purpose of this congressional add was to investigate 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 unconventional or ·'leap'· aerospace vehicles that could pose national security implications for the United States was a specific area of interest. (lJ,,1 Ob0,1 The Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) published a request for proposal (RFP). The RFP identified t\\'elve technical areas to be studied: lift. propulsion; control; annament; 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 !'·.Jorth Las Vegas. Nevada. (l!//I"8l90) BA/\SS identified and worked with academics and scientists to produce 26 technical reports by June, 2009. Al! of these reports were delivered to DIA by September, 2009. A list of these first 26 technical reports is enclosure I. One of the 26 reports, titled Advanced Space Propulsion Based on Vacuum (Spacetime Metric) Engineering was published in March, 2010. It is included as enclosure 2 and is provided as an ex amp le of the reports. (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 l. UNCLASSIFIED/,'JiQli. QFFIEl,t,ts l<JOI! 811isY
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FOIA release, from the dia collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 2 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.