The news broke on October 17, 2019, wherein TTSA stated in a press release, \u201c[TTSA] announced today a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command<\/a> [CCDC] to advance TTSA\u2019s materiel and technology innovations in order to develop enhanced capabilities for Army ground vehicles.\u201d The press release continued,\u00a0 \u201cTTSA will share its discoveries with Ground Vehicle System Center<\/a> (GVSC) and Ground Vehicle Survivability and Protection (GVSP) and the U.S. Army shall provide laboratories, expertise, support, and resources to help characterize the technologies and its applications.\u201d<\/p>\n Doug Halleaux, Public Affairs Officer for the Army\u2019s CCDC GVSC, responded to The Black Vault with statements and a copy of the executed agreement. In addition, on behalf of the Army, he helped address still lingering questions about the overall situation, though some still remain.<\/p>\n \u201cTTSA has a set of different materials, the properties of which they’re interested in investigating the properties. As materials research in general is of key interest to Army research, the Army is interested in any insights gained from investigating the properties of these materials, too,\u201d Dr. Halleaux stated in an e-mail to The Black Vault. \u201cIn this case, the Army is providing the expertise and facilities to analyze the materials, and TTSA is providing the materials themselves; both parties receive the results of the analysis. Just as there is no financial compensation to TTSA for the use of the materials, there is no financial compensation to the Army for the use of the facilities.\u201d<\/p>\n Although TTSA has its share of supporters, it is the part about \u201csharing\u201d with the military that got other members of the social network universe up in arms.<\/p>\n TTSA has had a primary message that the military is hiding information about UAPs, and that has resonated with many of their fans along with their investors. However, now that TTSA has allegedly acquired physical pieces of the “phenomena,” to some, they are now just walking it all back through the doors of the military and sharing the discoveries with those they claim are hiding secrets from the public. Although TTSA did not respond to questions submitted by The Black Vault, the Army did weigh in on how they may benefit from the research results, and what they thought about the provenance of the material itself.<\/p>\n \u201cAs far as the materials– the Army’s interest is in the potential for novel materials and exploring the edges of materials science, any speculation as to their origin is (pardon the pun) immaterial. Our team is always excited to look at something new, whether it’s materials or technologies, capabilities or processes,\u201d said Dr. Halleaux. \u201cAs materials research in general is of key interest to Army research, the Army is interested in any insights gained from investigating the properties of these materials, too. In this case, the Army is providing the expertise and facilities to analyze the materials, and TTSA is providing the materials themselves; both parties receive the results of the analysis. Just as there is no financial compensation to TTSA for the use of the materials, there is no financial compensation to the Army for the use of the facilities.\u201d<\/p>\n Attorney and TTSA investor, Nathan Hendrickson<\/a>, is not surprised by the news. \u201cI knew that at the last shareholder meeting, TTSA was discussing their desire to own their own lab. One of the constant gripes has been the high cost of lab testing meta-materials,” Hendrickson told The Black Vault. “It appears that they have solved this problem by letting the US Army test their material so long as the Army gets to see and use any results.”<\/p>\n Although this news was expected by attentive shareholders, at least one of them is not keen on the apparent secrecy involved with the news. Hendrickson added, \u201cWhile I am glad that a high-end Army research facility is going to look at the metal, I would’ve never known this by reading the TTSA press release. I wish I didn’t have to rely on others to do the investigating to answer questions that the company should be answering. In keeping with military tradition, TTSA is very \u2018coy\u2019, and that is infuriating to me.\u201d<\/p>\n As for the metamaterial currently in the possession of TTSA, some of it is referenced as being “on loan” in recent SEC filings<\/a>.\u00a0 The Black Vault reached out to someone associated with at least one of the pieces in TTSA’s possession, seeking comment on the news about this new agreement.\u00a0 This person requested they remain anonymous, and respectfully declined to comment due to the fact they signed a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) with TTSA, which prohibits them from doing so.<\/p>\n This arrangement between TTSA and the Army is clearly unclassified. However, that seemingly does not take away from many elements of secrecy surrounding the agreement.\u00a0 Until curators of some of the material are able to talk; TTSA answers looming questions; and peer-reviewed scientific results are published… we may just be left to wonder on what is now going on inside Army laboratories.<\/p>\nThe Agreement<\/h3>\n
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U.S. Army Releases CRADA with To The Stars Academy of Arts & Science<\/a> [26 Pages, 7MB]<\/p>\n