SBIR/STTR Research Award
Advanced Outboard Propulsors
Award amount
$129,903Program and phase
STTR · Phase IAward year
2017Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- CORNERSTONE RESEARCH GROUP INC
- Proposal award date
- 2017-06-09
- Contract end date
- 2018-01-09
- UEI
- F7G8SHTEHNU7
- Solicitation number
- 2017.0
- Topic code
- N17A-T019
Research abstract
CRG, partnered with the University of Cincinnati (UC), proposes to develop, demonstrate, and deliver drop-in replacement, advanced propulsors and lower units for DoD multi-fuel outboard engines. Optimized to eliminate cavitation, minimize vibration, minimize weight, and maximize efficiency, the propulsors will extend DoD small craft range and endurance, increase speed, and enhance mission capability. Mark G. Turner at UC brings extensive expertise in turbomachinery design and optimization, three-dimensional (3D) blade geometry generation approaches, and computational fluid dynamics (CFD), all necessary capabilities for generating advanced hydrodynamic geometry for new propulsors. CRG brings expertise in structural design and optimization, composites design, vibrations analysis, systems integration, prototyping, testing, and demonstration. Together, CRG and UC are capable of designing and demonstrating advanced propulsor concepts for the Navy.
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.
- Prognostic Real-Time Operation Machine Learning for Engine Health and Usage Supervision
- Safe, Inexpensive Sodium-Ion Batteries for Naval Applications
- High Entropy Alloys with AI-Designed Triply Periodic Minimal Surfaces (HEAT)
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Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Reduced Cavitation, High Efficiency Outboard Propulsors for Small Planing Craft
- Reduced Cavitation, High Efficiency Outboard Propulsors for Small Planing Craft
- Morphing-Duct and Twin Pumpjet Propulsion Concept Design
Research funding history
384 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1998–2026). Reported award amounts total $175,315,942. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Homeland Security