SBIR/STTR Research Award
Advanced Arresting Gear Water Twister Diagnostics and Health Monitoring
Award amount
$124,994Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2017Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- MECHANICAL SOLUTIONS LLC
- Proposal award date
- 2017-05-25
- Contract end date
- 2017-12-01
- UEI
- Y3XLZBWYMU96
- Solicitation number
- 2017.1
- Topic code
- N171-011
Research abstract
Mechanical Solutions, Inc. (MSI) is proposing to develop a man portable diagnostic tool (MPDT) for integrity assessments of the Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG) water twister. The system will allow for periodic monitoring of the full set of six water twisters on an aircraft carrier. The goal of the system is to provide advanced warnings to Sailors regarding structural and/or hydraulic failures of the water twisters to prevent catastrophic failures by performing properly-timed maintenance. MSI has previous experience with the water twister having performed testing at the Navys request in 2012 at the Lakehurst Jet Car Track Site (JCTS), and will utilize the understanding gained to provide a physics-based monitoring and diagnostic solution.
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.
- Motion Magnification Video for Monitoring Shipboard and Shipyard Industrial Equipment and Spaces
- Digital Test Planning Tool
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Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Advanced Arresting Gear Water Twister Diagnostics and Health Monitoring
- A Handheld HUMS for the AAG Water Twister
- Advanced Arresting Gear Water Twister Diagnostics and Health Monitoring
Research funding history
84 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1998–2025). Reported award amounts total $42,330,247. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Energy, National Aeronautics and Space Administration