U-429-09-DWO IM Adv Aero Contract Deliverables

UNCLASSIFIED
INFO MEMO
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FOR: (b)(3):10 USC DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
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30 October 2009
FROM: 1(b)(3J: 1o usc 424 :(b)(6l !Defense Intelligence Agency
SUBJECT: (U) Review of Advanced Aerospace Contract Deliverables
(U) This info memo responds to your request for the l(b)(3): 1OUSC 424 I
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U~s"'c~4~2~4~lto review the quality and value of the first-year technical reports delivered
under the Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications contract with
Bi elow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies (BAASS), LLC. As a reminder, you
~l~)~i~ made this reques personnel during a 15 May 2009 meeting with you
~--~.after your meeting with Senator Harry Reid. The goal of the contract is to identify
key technologies and physics concepts that would suppmt revolutionary aerospace
vehicle research and development. Contracted studies were designed to provide a
prioritized list of technologies/concepts that then would drive detailed, focused
searches into foreign aerospace research and development. Each research report
(in the areas of lift, propulsion, control, power generation, spatial/temporal
translation, materials, structural configuration, signature reduction, human
intc1tacc, human effects, and armament) was written by world-class technical
experts in industry and/or academia.
(U) The table in Enclosure I lists the 26 extensive technical reports delivered to
DIA in FY 2009. The report titles highlighted in red and green are the ones that
were reviewed. Eight reviews were performed by other authors listed in the table; (b)(3): 1o USC 424
five were performed by outside revie • eluding three research staff members
at Sandia National Laboratories. The gram manager, b)(3):10 USC 424;(b)(6)
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U~S~C~4~2~4~:(~b)~(6~)Ihas reviewed all of the papers and concurs with the reviews. st c
excerpts indicate, all of the reviews were positive, some exceptionally so. Even
within the limitation of being able to conduct only unclassified research in the firstl(b)(3): 10 USC 424
contract year, the quality hoped for in the reports was achieved. I --il-11i1-H1t{'<Hnad&-s-I<to0--L-----~
publish them in coming weeks as Defense Intelligence Studies. Some or all of
these studies may be of interest to Defense Department agencies, national
laboratories, and/or defense industries focused on blue-force capability
development, and will ensure that they receive copies.
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