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accession: "0001213900-22-033966"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AERG"
cik: "0000879911"
company_name: "APPLIED ENERGETICS, INC."
filed_at: "2022-06-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-25T00:40:29.008277+00:00"
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source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Applied Energetics awarded $172K Phase I STTR contract by U.S. Army for directed energy system

## Summary
- $172,000 Phase I STTR contract with U.S. Army to develop an ultra-broadband infrared source for defeating next-gen sensors.
- Plan to partner with University of Arizona's James C. Wyant College of Optical Sciences for the research.
- Also awarded a multi-year grant from Office of Naval Research on June 1, 2022, for U.S. Marine Corps platform integration.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-22-033966
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AERG
- cik: 0000879911
- company_name: APPLIED ENERGETICS, INC.
- filed_at: 2022-06-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/879911/000121390022033966/0001213900-22-033966-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/879911/000121390022033966/ea161835-8k_applied.htm

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