The Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications Program (AAWSAP) Documentation

Note: This page can change and morph as documents are released. It is not considered a “final” published article. It is a page for archival reference. The article was originally published April 2022, and updated numerous times thereafter.

The Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications Program (AAWSAP) is connected to the rumored “Pentagon UFO Study” known as the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP). That exact connection and relationship is still unknown, as there are varying explanations depending on the party involved.

This page aims to archive all documents on this program, as released by the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA). Some requests were filed about the overall program, while others were for specific documents as published in the Skinwalkers at the Pentagon book, which was authored by the director of the AAWSAP, Dr. James Lacatski, George Knapp and Dr. Colm Kelleher.

Note: This page currently has all known AAWSAP/AATIP documents released by DIA as of October 13, 2022. The Black Vault continues to try and confirm how much more, if any, will be released. 

Document Archive

AAWSAP Contract Related Documents

FOIA-00349-2018 [24 Pages, 1.5MB] – This request was filed by The Black Vault in May of 2018, and asked for all records pertaining to Contract HHM402-08-R-0211, the identifier for AAWSAP. The DIA gave this FOIA case FOIA-00349-2018, and released records on October 13, 2022. As noted in the letter, 13 pages were withheld in full.

AAWSAP Related Documents – Chronological Order (Initial FOIA Release)

August 22, 2008

SOW_Aerospace.pdf [7 Pages, 0.7MB] – Original Bid Solicitation Notice / Statement of Work — posted publicly and online seeking bidders from the private sector

September 1, 2008

Solicitation/Contract/Order for Commercial Items – Original AAWSAP Order with Detailed Deliverable Breakdown [8 Pages, 1.6MB] – This document was released on June 28. 2023 in FOIA case FOIA-00269-2018, filed by The Black Vault. While researching AAWSAP in early 2018, it was seen that another FOIA requester, back in 2009, requested information on the AAWSAP contract number. So, the case filed by The Black Vault sought the responsive records to the case. The only result was what you see attached, but oddly, does not appear to have been included in other AAWSAP related releases. This version is different than the one dated September 2, 2008, below.

September 2, 2008

Contract_FY10.pdf [7 Pages, 0.6MB] – Here is another version of the “Solicitation/Contract/Order for Commercial Items.” This was included also with the 2009 “Amendment of Solicitation / Modification of Contract”. I am including both here (starts on page 5 of the PDF.) Note: The page numbering appears to be incomplete. The schedule attached to the original order indicates 51 pages total, but the page numbering only goes to page 3.

December 16, 2008

DI_Brief_2008.pdf [9 Pages, 0.6MB] – Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications Contract Status

January 5, 2009

DR_Reid_Mtg_Jan09.pdf [1 Page, 0.4MB] – Senator Harry Reid Visit to {REDACTED], Talking Paper to provide status of the Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications contract should Senator Reid raise the topic

May 4, 2009

DR_Reid_Mtg_May09.pdf [2 Pages, 0.4MB] – Senator Harry Reid Visit to Director, DIA. Talking Paper to provide status of the Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications contract should Senator Reid raise the topic

May 8, 2009

DI_Brief_2009.pdf [11 Pages, 0.6MB] – Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications Contract Status

May 8, 2009

DR_Reid_Brief_May09.pdf [13 Pages, 0.6MB] – Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications Contract Status

June 24, 2009

20090624_Reid_to_DEPSECDEF_ref_AAITP_in_SAP.pdf [3 Pages, 0.5MB] – Harry Reid SAP Request Letter for AAWSAP

August 24, 2009

Contract_Status_24Aug09.pdf [6 Pages, 0.5MB] – Aerospace Contract Status

September 2, 2009

Contract_FY10.pdf [7 Pages, 0.6MB] – Amendment of Solicitation / Modification of Contract

October 30, 2009

U-429-09-DWO-IM.pdf [8 Pages, 1MB] – Review of Advanced Aerospace Contract Deliverables.

Assumed November 2009 (Exact Date Unknown – but fits chronologically

OUSDI_IM_on_AATIP_Final.pdf [2 Pages, 0.3MB] – Review of Special Access Program Request, memorandum for Ms. Honi Smith, Director, Special Programs, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence.

November 13, 2009

U-09-2660CE-IM-Review_of_Special_Access_Program_Request.pdf [3 Pages, 0.4MB] – Review of Special Access Program Request.

November 19, 2009

DR_Reid_Mtg_Nov09.pdf [2 Pages, 0.4MB] – DIA visit with Senator Harry Reid. Meeting overview between Senator Harry Reid and DIA / DepSecDef. This appears to be when they denied Reid’s request for SAP status for AAWSAP

09117-Final_Packet_Presented_to_DepSecDef.pdf [18 Pages, 1.3MB] – Packet of information given to the Deputy Secretary of Defense, likely at the above meeting. It consists of Senator Harry Reid’s Request to Put The Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AAITP) under Special Access Protection Memorandum, DepSecDef Talking Points, Harry Reid SAP Request Letter, Review of Advanced Aerospace Contract Deliverables, List of Technical Reports (DIRDs), Reviews regarding DIRDs, and Review of Special Access Program Request.

December 1, 2010

U-10-2552CE-IM-ATL.pdf [4 Pages, 0.4MB] – Advanced Aerospace Threat and Identification Program “Info Memo” – This was revealed in FOIA request FOIA-00255-2022, which was the below memo first released, but this must have been the final version with date attached.

U-10-2552CE-IM-ATL.pdf [2 Pages, 0.4MB] – Advanced Aerospace Threat and Identification Program “Info Memo” – Exact Date not listed on this version but the above FOIA request revealed another copy. This must have been a draft.

Date Unknown – Circa Mid-Late 2009 (Not All DIRDs listed)

Contract_Status_Briefing.pdf [8 Pages, 0.7MB] – Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications Contract – Update

Defense Intelligence Reference Documents (DIRDs)

According to Dr. Eric Davis, who was interviewed on the Coast to Coast AM radio show on January 28, 2018, he confirmed that while working for Bigelow Aerospace / BAASS, they created 38 of these “Defense Intelligence Reference Documents” or reports under AAWSAP. Also according to Dr. Davis, these papers that were submitted were about various topics, including (but not limited to) warp drives, propulsion systems, etc.

Within 48 hours of that interview, on January 31, 2018, The Black Vault had filed for ALL of those reports, as referenced by Dr. Davis. This was given FOIA case FOIA-0159-2018.

In January of 2019, The Black Vault received a listing breakdown of the reports (an slightly different version had already leaked) via FOIA request FOIA-0033-2019 with the DIA.

On March 25, 2022, the DIA finally completed FOIA request FOIA-0159-2018, and released 37 of the requested 38 DIRD reports. The Black Vault has appealed the one report seemingly ignored, which was the classified version of the “State of the Art and Evolution of High-Energy Laser Weapons” report, classified SECRET. This was not even referenced as being withheld in the release document, so the basis of the appeal is on the adequacy of their search.

Here is a listing of the 37 DIRD reports released. For another, more extensive breakdown, you can see the The Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP) DIRD Report Research page, as well.

Note: The following are in numerical order of the DIA release via this FOIA request, not the original list.

Download a .ZIP file of ALL 37 DIRD reports below [87MB]

1. Metallic Glasses – Status and Prospects for Aerospace Applications [30 Pages, 1.74MB]
2. Aerospace Applications of Programmable Matter [20 Pages, 1.34MB]
3. Pulsed High-Power Microwave Source Technology [37 Pages, 2.55MB]
4. Biomaterials [32 Pages, 1.75MB]
5. Materials for Advanced Aerospace Platforms [27 Pages, 1.96MB]
6. Space Access – Where We’ve Been and Where We Could Go [57 Pages, 3.27MB]
7. Invisibility Cloaking – Theory and Experiments [29 Pages, 1.62MB]
8. Positron Aerospace Propulsion [35 Pages, 1.89MB]
9. Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Fusion [72 Pages, 4.35MB]
10. Metallic Spintronics [27 Pages, 1.77MB]
11. Advanced Nuclear Propulsion For Manned Deep Space Missions [37 Pages, 2.12MB]
12. Technological Approaches to Controlling External Devices [36 Pages, 2.5MB]
13. Warp Drive, Dark Energy, and the Manipulation of Extra Dimensions [33 Pages, 2.13MB]
14. The Role of Superconductors in Gravity Research [16 Pages, 1.33MB]
15. Advanced Space Propulsion Based on Vacuum (Spacetime Metric) Engineer [17 Pages, 1.2MB]
16. The Space Communication Implications of Quantum Entanglement and Nonlocality [32 Pages, 2.03MB]
17. Maverick Inventor Versus Corporate Inventor – Where Will the Next Major Innovations Arise? [19 Pages, 1.37MB]
18. Traversable Wormholes, Stargates, and Negative Energy [42 Pages, 2.66MB]
19. Antigravity for Aerospace Applications [44 Pages, 2.78MB]
20. Biosensors and BioMEMS – A Survey of the Present Field [45 Pages, 2.84MB]
21. High-Frequency Gravitational Wave Communications [57 Pages, 4.38MB]
22. Metamaterials for Aerospace Applications [27 Pages, 1.74MB]
23. State of the Art and Evolution of High-Energy Laser Weapons [31 Pages, 1.77MB]
24. Concepts for Extracting Energy From the Quantum Vacuum [57 Pages, 3.61MB]
25. An Introduction to the Statistical Drake Equation [55 Pages, 2.83MB]
26. Anomalous Acute and Subacute Field Effects on Human Biological Tissues [38 Pages, 2.17MB]
27. Laser Lightcraft Nanosatellites [77 Pages, 3.8MB]
28. Cockpits in the Era of Breakthrough Flight [57 Pages, 3.26MB]
29. Negative Mass Propulsion [43 Pages, 3.26MB]
30. Aneutronic Fusion Propulsion [49 Pages, 2.35MB]
31. Detection and High Resolution Tracking of Vehicles at Hypersonic Velocities [46 Pages, 2.19MB]
32. Ultracapacitors as Energy and Power Storage Devices [34 Pages, 2.02MB]
33. MHD Air Breathing Propulsion and Power for Aerospace Applications [32 Pages, 2.14MB]
34. Cognitive Limits on Simultaneous Control of Multiple Unmanned Spacecraft [30 Pages, 1.92MB]
35. Quantum Computing and Utilizing Organic Molecules in Automation Technology [54 Pages, 3.12MB]
36. Quantum Tomography of Negative Energy States in the Vacuum [51 Pages, 2.12MB]
37. Aneutronic Fusion Propulsion II [36 Pages, 1.88MB]

Records Referenced in Skinwalkers at the Pentagon

A circa June 19, 2007, letter written by Dr. James Lacatski to Robert T. Bigelow, asking to visit a location in Utah to aide in research for the Defense Warning Office. 

On page 38 of Dr. James Lacatski’s book Skinwalkers at the Pentagon, he wrote, “On June 19, 2007, [Lacatski] wrote that bombshell letter on official DIA letterhead to Robert T. Bigelow asking to visit his Utah ranch for the purposes of ‘… developing a strategy on how [Lacatski’s] office (DWO) can characterize the potential threat aspects of the phenomena encounters in [Bigelow’s] research efforts.”

FOIA Case FOIA-00023-2022 yielded a “no records” response for the above letter. The Black Vault filed appeal APP-00031-2022. A new search was conducted. No records were found.

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