SBIR/STTR Research Award
Green Monopropellant Thruster TRL Maturation Scaling Effort
Award amount
$996,792Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2017Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Missile Defense Agency
- Recipient company
- Plasma Processes, LLC
- Proposal award date
- 2017-06-20
- Contract end date
- 2019-06-19
- UEI
- KAWTP8XNFEK9
- Solicitation number
- 2009.3
- Topic code
- MDA09-003
Research abstract
Replacing hydrazine in missile defense applications has numerous benefits: lower cost in handling, loading, fielding, integration, and better performance.The safety benefits are substantial; green monopropellant, AF-M315E, has zero vapor pressure which eliminates significant hazards. Technology maturation is needed for higher thrust (90-100N) level thrusters using AF-M315E monopropellant in an instrumented ground test.Plasma Processes has developed innovative AF-M315E thrusters featuring an SBIR developed catalyst and a unique nozzle fabrication process utilizing high temperature refractory alloys designed to withstand the high temperatures of combusting AF-M315E. This effort will focus on ground testing of medium thrust nozzles on an instrumented in-situ configured test stand for scalability and endurance.Approved for Public Release | 16-MDA-8863 (22 September 16)
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
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- Low-Cost Refractory Metal-Lined Graphite and Carbon/Carbon Components for Advanced SDACS and LDACS, Phase II
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- Zr- and Hf- Based Composite Structures for Advanced Divert and Attitude Control Systems
Research funding history
142 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1993–2022). Reported award amounts total $54,048,279. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Defense, Department of Energy