Restricted Research - Award List, Note/Discussion Page
Fiscal Year: 2023
1769 The University of Texas at El Paso (143657)
Principal Investigator: Choudhuri,Ahsan
Total Amount of Contract, Award, or Gift (Annual before 2011): $ 1,875,000
Exceeds $250,000 (Is it flagged?): Yes
Start and End Dates: 9/2/22 - 8/31/23
Restricted Research: YES
Academic Discipline: Aerospace Center
Department, Center, School, or Institute: Aerospace Center
Title of Contract, Award, or Gift: Aerospace and defense innovation network for manufacturers - advanced manufacturing incubator - County of El Paso Cost Share
Name of Granting or Contracting Agency/Entity:
EL PASO COUNTY
Program Title: #N/A
Note:
The Aerospace and Defense Innovation Network for Manufacturers, led UTEP-Aerospace Center and UTEP-W.M. Keck Center for 3D Innovation, will reinvent West Texas’ historical roots in manufacturing to help close America’s gap in aerospace and defense manufacturing capabilities and address key vulnerabilities in our defense industrial base. We will directly tackle these threats to our defense industrial base by bringing 150 new competitive U.S. entrants from West Texas into the defense industrial ecosystem by 2027. The Innovation Network will arm existing small and medium manufacturers and aerospace, defense and manufacturing startups with the capabilities and enabling infrastructure they need to successfully compete for business in aerospace and defense markets. Funding to the Innovation Network will democratize access to applied research and development in aerospace, defense and additive manufacturing to small and medium enterprises, enhance existing acceleration services, and create new incubation services for startups. Customized acceleration and incubation services and purpose-built facilities at the Advanced Manufacturing District and the Aerospace Technology District have been designed to reduce expensive and hard-to-navigate barriers to entrance into the defense industrial base.
Discussion: No discussion notes