Federal award (DEFINITIVE CONTRACT, fiscal year 2022)
Recipient: NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORP
Awarding agency: Department of Defense / Defense Contract Management Agency
Funding agency: Department of Defense / Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Period of performance: 2011-12-21 to 2016-05-01
Current total value of award: $9279899
Description: THE GOAL OF THE MICROSCALE PLASMA DEVICES (MPD) PROGRAM IS TO DESIGN, DEVELOP, AND CHARACTERIZE MPD TECHNOLOGIES, CIRCUITS, AND SUBSTRATES. IT IS ENVISIONED THAT BOTH TWO AND MULTI-TERMINAL DEVICES CONSISTING OF VARIOUS ARCHITECTURES WILL BE DEVELOPED AND OPTIMIZED UNDER THE SCOPE OF THIS PROGRAM. ENVISIONED MPDS WILL CONSIST OF TWO AND MULTI-TERMINAL COMPONENTS THAT ENABLE, CIRCUITS, SUBSTRATES AND CONTROLLABLE SURFACES, FOR ROBUST OPERATION IN EXTREME RADIATION AND TEMPERATURE ENVIRONMENTS.