DOW-UAP-D110, AAWSAP Statement of Objectives, July 2008

Official Description

This document is an administrative or programmatic record related to the Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications Program (AAWSAP), a Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA)-administered program active from 2008 to 2012. AAWSAP’s official scope of work identified 12 technical research areas relating to potential aerospace threats over a time horizon of more than 40 years. As an administrative record, the file documents how AAWSAP was scoped, organized, tasked, funded, or described at a particular point in time. This July 2008 Statement of Objectives defines AAWSAP as a contractor-supported research effort intended to assess far-term foreign aerospace threats by understanding the physics and engineering of possible breakthrough technologies out to the year 2050 rather than extrapolating from then-current aerospace trends. It identifies 12 technical study areas, including lift, propulsion, control, power generation, spatial or temporal translation, materials, configuration and structure, signature reduction, human interface, human effects, armament, and related supporting topics. The document also sets out the program’s expected work structure, requiring monthly status reports, technical-area program management plans within 60 days, comprehensive research reports and briefings by the tenth month, and a final integrated threat assessment.

Key Findings

• →The DIA's Acquisition Support Division (DWO-3) established AAWSAP to assess foreign aerospace threats and breakthrough technologies out to the year 2050, explicitly focused on discontinuities rather than extrapolations of current technology.
• →The program identified 12 technical study areas including lift, propulsion, control, power generation, spatial/temporal translation, materials, configuration/structure, signature reduction, human interface, human effects, armament (RF and DEW), and supporting peripheral areas.
• →Contractors were required to obtain Top Secret/SCI facility clearances through the Defense Security Service, with personnel cleared through DIA/DAC-3 prior to accessing classified information.
• →Deliverables included monthly status reports, 60-day project management plans per technical area, comprehensive research reports by the 10th month, and a final integrated threat assessment at contract end.
• →The contract was structured as a firm fixed price (FFP) with a base year of 12 months plus four 12-month option years, for an anticipated total period of 5 years.

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