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University of Dayton Research Institute Composites Manufacturing & Testing Group Leader T. Jared Stonecash displays a continuous carbon fiber and epoxy proof of concept part made with a compression mold. Research on parts like this will continue as UDRI will lead an Ohio-based research team tasked with developing affordable composite parts for the automotive industry like natural gas fuel tanks. TY GREENLEES / STAFF

University of Dayton Research Institute Composites Manufacturing & Testing Group Leader T. Jared Stonecash displays a continuous carbon fiber and epoxy proof of concept part made with a compression mold. Research on parts like this will continue as UDRI will lead an Ohio-based research team tasked with developing affordable composite parts for the automotive industry like natural gas fuel tanks. TY GREENLEES / STAFF
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By Dayton.com staff
Sept 8, 2015
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The University of Dayton Research Institute (UDRI) has landed the biggest contract in school history and will look to help the U.S. Air Force cut costs and operate more efficiently.

UDRI has been awarded a $99 million contract to help the U.S. Air Force integrate new or better technologies to more affordably, safely and efficiently sustain its entire fleet, school officials announced Tuesday, according to our news partner Dayton Daily News.

The five-year contract is the largest award received by UDRI, officials told DDN.

Under the new Enterprise Product Support Engineering effort, sponsored by the Air Force Materiel Command Life Cycle Management Center, UDRI researchers will find, evaluate, demonstrate, transition and train personnel to use existing technologies that can reduce the cost and fleet downtime associated with maintaining aircraft and ground-support systems across the Air Force, according to DDN.

The contract “will support LCMC’s big rock initiatives that are bending the cost curve and supporting the Air Force’s future operating concept,” Sukh Sidhu, head of UDRI’s Energy Technologies and Materials division,  said in a statement.

EPSE includes an initial work order for $5.4 million for the development of technologies that will monitor key aircraft components and automatically alert maintenance personnel when aircraft maintenance is needed.

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