The Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications Program (AAWSAP) was a US Defense Intelligence Agency program to research future aerial threats.
The Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications Program (AAWSAP) was established in 2009 by the US Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA). Its stated purpose was to assess advanced, long-range aerial threats from foreign nations and to research the physics and engineering of future weapon system applications, roughly through the year 2050. Its reported budget was $22 million, and the contract was awarded to Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies.
The program produced 38 intelligence reference documents on topics such as propulsion, materials, and advanced aerospace concepts. Public reports sometimes conflate AAWSAP and AATIP; various sources describe their relationship in different ways. According to a CBS News report, the program concluded in 2012.
Documents related to the program are available in the DIA's reading room. Publications on speculative topics discussed in the documents, such as wormholes and anti-gravity, do not indicate that the program proved their existence or found extraterrestrial craft; there is no public official confirmation of this.
It was a DIA program to research future aerial threats and related advanced technologies.
Reports are inconsistent: some describe them as a single program, while others present AATIP as a broader framework or a sub-program.
According to a CBS News report, the program concluded in 2012.
No. There is no public official confirmation that the program found extraterrestrial craft or alien technology.