SBIR/STTR Research Award
Heat Shield Recession Measurements Using Remote Spectral Sensors
Award amount
$1,230,826Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2016Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- OPTO-KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS INC
- Proposal award date
- 2016-06-09
- Contract end date
- 2018-09-30
- UEI
- RJH6GQUD3BT5
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- H7.01
Research abstract
OKSI proposes a minimally invasive in-flight diagnostic to measure heat shield recession during flight tests. These measurements can be used to validate models and ultimately optimize heat shield design to reduce weight while maintaining sufficient safety margins. The concept has two components: 1) specially designed heat shield plugs and 2) a remote spectral sensor.
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.
- CAS sensor for ISRU propellant production
- Threat Detection from Space in the UV-IR (TD-UVIR).
- A Generalized Mobile Target Tracking (MTT) Solution for Loitering Munitions
- Optical probe for static pressure measurements in vitiated flows for ground test facilities
- In-line, real-time gas sensor utilizing a novel, multi-modal spectroscopy concept
Awards with the same topic code
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- Flexible, High Char Yield Hybridsil Adhesive Materials for Next Generation Ablative Thermal Protecti
- Adaptive Laser Sintering System for In-Space Printed Electronics
- Software and Tools for Electronics Printing in Space(STEPS)
- Embedded Multifunctional Optical Sensor System
- Flexible Gap Filler for Ablative Thermal Protection Systems
Research funding history
180 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1991–2025). Reported award amounts total $90,018,148. 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, Department of Commerce