SBIR/STTR Research Award
Sinking Hose System for Amphibious Bulk Liquid Transfer System (ABLTS)
Award amount
$496,869Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2018Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- MATERIALS SCIENCES LLC
- Proposal award date
- 2017-12-08
- Contract end date
- 2020-03-31
- UEI
- GKJZWMKKWWX4
- Solicitation number
- 16.1
- Topic code
- N161-023
Research abstract
The Naval Expeditionary Program Office is seeking the development of a new submersible hose system for the Amphibious Bulk Liquid TransferSystem ABLTS that is flexible, collapsible, and will sink in seawater when full of fuel. Current commercial layflat, high pressure hose design andmanufacturing methods are not suitable for integrated construction of an affordable, heavy layflat hose that meets the competing performancerequirements for a collapsible, submersible hose, Building on prior related design and manufacturing experience. Materials Sciences Corporationproposes the development and manufacturing of a new fiber reinforced, submersible hose design and integrated manufacturing method Ihat offershigh pressure, collapsibility and durability to meet the Navy requirements for the ABLTS hose system. The proposed Phase I program includesdesign, laboratory scale manufacturing and testing of several candidate material systems and hose constructions to demonstrate feasibility andprovide a foundation for future development and testing of a fully functional hose system in Phase II.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
- Acoustically Transparent Underwater Curing Adhesive - P4952
- Topology Optimized Metamaterials via AM of Refractory High Entropy Alloys for Extreme Temperature Deployment - P4955
- Domestic, Low-Cost Pitch Carbon Fiber for High Temperature Applications - P4945
- Design for Additive Manufacturing (DfAM) Risk Toolset - MSC P4804
- Low-Cost Sharrow Closed-Loop Contra-Rotating Rotor Set (S-CRP) - P4953
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Sinking Hose System for Amphibious Bulk Liquid Transfer System (ABLTS)
- High-Density Hose for Underwater Bulk Liquid Transfer (HD-HUBLIT)
- Submarine Hose for Amphibious Fluid Transfer
- Sinking Hose System for Amphibious Bulk Liquid Transfer System (ABLTS) (MSC P4278)
Research funding history
223 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1983–2025). Reported award amounts total $77,459,684. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Science Foundation, Department of Energy, Department of Transportation