Restricted Research - Award List, Note/Discussion Page
Fiscal Year: 2023
2629 Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi (144517)
Principal Investigator: Ahmed Mahdy
Total Amount of Contract, Award, or Gift (Annual before 2011): $ 2,000,000
Exceeds $250,000 (Is it flagged?): Yes
Start and End Dates: 10/18/21 - 10/17/21
Restricted Research: YES
Academic Discipline: 2A - Engineering
Department, Center, School, or Institute: Research And Innovation
Title of Contract, Award, or Gift: BUSINESS INCENTIVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CORPUS CHRISTI B CORPORATION AND TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY - CORPUS CHRISTI re: LONE STAR UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS CENTER
Name of Granting or Contracting Agency/Entity:
City of Corpus Christi
Program Title: none
Note:
(prior year) new award not previously reported - SAM 1.1.4 - Funding from this award is restricted to build infrastructure and purchase equipment to maintain a second Mobile Mission Control Center and the iPORT Institute for the Lone Star UAS Center (LSUASC), a research center at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi to be used in the training and support to research how to safely integrate Unmanned Aerial Vehicles into the National Airspace. The LSUASC is a global partner for research, development, testing and evaluation of drone technologies. The Type B funding is to build additional facilities to support the research endeavor in drone technologies. LSUASC supports the aeronautical research needs of research institutions, private-sector service providers, nonprofit corporations, and local, state and federal agencies. SAM 1.3.2 - The overall mission of this request is to strengthen and expand LSUASC and its capabilities by training individuals in R&D techniques in (1) BVLOS: to make the LSUASC a Beyond-Visual-Line-Of-Sight site, by conducting airspace study to identify airspace that can be accessed by LSUASC for research and development purposes, (2) training students how to operate the equipment in the MMC used in research projects to safely integrate Unmanned Aerial Vehicles into the National Airspace, (3) the iPORTS lab will be used to develop and disseminate knowledge in port-related sciences and technologies. With a strong commitment to excellence and international leadership in education, training, research, and commercialization of related port studies.
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