US military funds $35M in research of algae-based jet fuel

cleantech.com
December 22, 2008

Science Applications International and General Atomics secure contracts through 2010 to help commercialize biofuel for military jets and vehicles.

A sector of the U.S. Department of Defense has signed nearly $35 million in contracts with two San Diego companies to develop biofuel derived from algae for use in Air Force jets and Army vehicles.

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) signed a $14.9 million deal with Science Applications International to work on making the algae-based jet fuel commercially and technically feasible.

DARPA also signed a $19.9 million deal with General Atomics to research algae-based fuel.
The two agreements are expected to last through 2010.

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