High-Flying Research: Montana State University Nets $9.1M to Pioneer Aircraft Structure Manufacturing

Montana State University Inc., Bozeman, Montana, was awarded a $9,135,000 modification (P00004) to contract W911W6-18-C-0050 to evaluate and detail the current challenges in manufacturing primary aircraft structures using stretch-broken carbon fiber. Work will be performed in Bozeman, Montana, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 30, 2027. Fiscal 2023 research, development, test and evaluation, Army funds in the amount of $9,135,000 were obligated at the time of the award. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the contracting activity.