SBIR/STTR Research Award
Acetate Fiber Reinforcements for High Temperature Composites
Award amount
$99,991Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2017Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Missile Defense Agency
- Recipient company
- TOUCHSTONE RESEARCH LABORATORY, LTD.
- Proposal award date
- 2017-03-15
- Contract end date
- 2017-09-14
- UEI
- FBK3WT3XQVH8
- Solicitation number
- 2016.3
- Topic code
- MDA16-020
Research abstract
Touchstone Research Laboratory (TRL) has identified acetate fibers with structural characteristics analogous to heritage viscose rayon, which suggests they will be very promising Carbon Cloth Phenolic (CCP) reinforcements for Solid Rocket Motor (SRM) nozzles. Furthermore, acetate fibers are manufactured in the United States and are commercially available and deemed sustainable. Accordingly, TRL, in collaboration with Orbital-ATK, proposes to procure, screen and optimize diacetate and triacetate fibers, i.e. produced from cellulose acetate feedstock, for replacement of Rayon in aerospace-grade CCP for SRM nozzles. Approved for Public Release | 17-MDA-9219 (31 May 17)
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.
- Lightweight Aluminum Composite Lifting Technologies
- MetPreg Fiber Reinforced Aluminum for Hard Upper Torso Spacesuit Components
- Faraday Shielding for Critical Infrastructure
- Establishing a Domestic Tungsten-Rhenium Wire Supply
- Lightweight Structures for Future Interceptors
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Development of Lyocell-Based High Temperature Composites for Structural Insulator Applications
- Metallized Ceramic-Based Structural Insulators
- Low-Density Ablator-Filled Foam Incorporating Lyocell-Derived Carbon Fiber for BMDS Interceptors, Phase II
- Low-Density Ablator-Filled Foam Incorporating Lyocell-Derived Carbon Fiber for BMDS Interceptors
- Rayon Replacement for High Temperature Materials
Research funding history
104 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1998–2025). Reported award amounts total $38,514,559. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Energy, National Science Foundation