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Awards/COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT (B)

$43,973,788

Department of Defense·Department of the Air Force

to GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY

defenseactive
ACTION DATE·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDASST_NON_FA86501525516_097
Award description

DPA TITLE III SILICON CARBIDE FIBER PRODUCTION ** FAADC MIGRATION NOTE - ACTION TYPE:"1" TO "A", ASSISTANCE TYPE:"5" TO "05", RECORD TYPE:"2", BUSINESS FUNDS INDICATOR:"NON", INDIVIDUAL RECIPIENT INDICATOR:"NO", RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FUNDS INDICATOR:"YES", COMPETED OPPORTUNITY:"1" TO "C", NUMBER OF PROPOSALS OR APPLICATIONS:"1", AWARDING SUB-TIER AGENCY CODE "5700" DERIVED FROM AWARDING OFFICE CODE "FA8650", FUNDING SUB-TIER AGENCY CODE "5700" DERIVED FROM FUNDING OFFICE CODE "F4FBCN", PPOP COUNTRY CODE:"USA", SMALL BUSINESS INDICATOR:"O", SAM EXCEPTION:"X" **

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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: high
In plain English

Develop domestic silicon carbide fiber production capacity under Defense Production Act authority.

Sub-sectors
semiconductorsadvanced-materialscritical-supply-chain
Why this matters

Silicon carbide fibers are critical for advanced aerospace and defense applications; domestic production reduces supply chain vulnerability.

Supply-chain signal

Signals U.S. effort to establish independent SiC fiber manufacturing, reducing reliance on foreign suppliers for defense-critical composite materials.

U.S.–China competition angle

Addresses strategic competition by securing domestic production of advanced materials essential for next-generation military systems and aerospace platforms.

Generated by award_classification v1.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-14. Cost: $0.001460.

Period of performance
Start
2015-08-03
End
2027-01-06
Status
activein 237 days
Sources

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