AAWSAP Contract Reporting
DIA awarded the Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications Program (AAWSAP) contract to Bigelow Aerospace's BAASS subsidiary in September 2008, beginning what would later become AATIP. The contract award itself was not publicly disclosed at the time.
DIA awarded the Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications Program (AAWSAP) contract to Bigelow Aerospace's BAASS subsidiary in September 2008, beginning what would later become AATIP.
Brief
DIA awarded the Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications Program (AAWSAP) contract to Bigelow Aerospace's BAASS subsidiary in September 2008, beginning what would later become AATIP. The contract award itself was not publicly disclosed at the time. The AAWSAP contract existence became public only after the December 2017 NYT/TTSA stories named AATIP, and the 38 DIA reference documents (DIRDs) produced under AAWSAP were FOIA-released in 2018-19. The 2008 award itself was a procurement event, not a disclosure event, the disclosure happened in 2017 and 2018-19.
Metadata
- Date
- 2008-09-22
- Year
- 2008
- Location
- United States
- Region
- US Disclosure-Adjacent
- Status
- unconfirmed
- Tag
- civilian claim
- Primary
- Glowing Auras and 'Black Money': The Pentagon's Mysterious U.F.O. Program
- Source type
- html
- Sources
- 1
Key Points
- DIA awarded the Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications Program (AAWSAP) contract to Bigelow Aerospace's BAASS subsidiary in September 2008, beginning what would later become AATIP.
- The contract award itself was not publicly disclosed at the time.
- The AAWSAP contract existence became public only after the December 2017 NYT/TTSA stories named AATIP, and the 38 DIA reference documents (DIRDs) produced under AAWSAP were FOIA-released in 2018-19.
- The 2008 award itself was a procurement event, not a disclosure event, the disclosure happened in 2017 and 2018-19.
Most Interesting
- The AAWSAP contract existence became public only after the December 2017 NYT/TTSA stories named AATIP, and the 38 DIA reference documents (DIRDs) produced under AAWSAP were FOIA-released in 2018-19.
- The 2008 award itself was a procurement event, not a disclosure event, the disclosure happened in 2017 and 2018-19.
- DIA awarded the Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications Program (AAWSAP) contract to Bigelow Aerospace's BAASS subsidiary in September 2008, beginning what would later become AATIP.
Timeline
- 2008-09-22 · Encounter
DIA awarded the Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications Program (AAWSAP) contract to Bigelow Aerospace's BAASS subsidiary in September 2008, beginning what would later become AATIP.
- 2017 · Source record
Glowing Auras and 'Black Money': The Pentagon's Mysterious U.F.O. Program is the preferred source material attached to this encounter.
Sources
- Glowing Auras and 'Black Money': The Pentagon's Mysterious U.F.O. ProgramNew York Times, 2017