Composite Airframe Life Extension (CALE)

Post Date

June 1st 2015

Application Due Date

April 9th 2018

Funding Opportunity Number

BAA-RQKPD-2015-0001

CFDA Number(s)

12.800

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Science and Technology and other Research and Development

Number of Awards

15

Eligibility Categories

Unrestricted

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $30036000

• Award Range:

  $None - $None

Grant Description

The Composite Airframe Life Extension (CALE) program will concentrate on identifying, developing, demonstrating and validating technology that will allow USAF airframe structural integrity managers to safely extend the certified service lives of airframes currently in the USAF fleet that contain advanced composite primary structure, without widespread replacement of aged structure with new, and without repeating an extensive, complex building block demonstration process. The CALE program will identify and develop technology to know and/or predict the residual strength, durability and damage tolerance, and reliability of advanced composite structure throughout the original, and if required new service life of the airframe.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Defense

• Office:

  Air Force -- Research Lab

• Agency Contact:

  Ryan Huffman
  Contract Negotiator
  Phone 937-713-9927

• Agency Mailing Address:

  For Questions & Assistance

• Agency Email Address:

  ryan.huffman@us.af.mil