SBIR/STTR Research Award
Advanced Synergistic Structures and Materials for Interceptor Kill Vehicles
Award amount
$1,971,652Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2016Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Missile Defense Agency
- Recipient company
- MENTIS SCIENCES INC
- Proposal award date
- 2016-03-21
- Contract end date
- 2020-05-23
- UEI
- MN9GEVYMGLK9
- Solicitation number
- 10.3
- Topic code
- MDA10-015
Research abstract
"Mentis proposes to leverage the advantages of its high-temperature, low-density quartz/polysiloxane composite materials and develop fiber architectures that reduce interlaminar shear stresses. These developments would improve aerothermal longevity and performance and also utilize automated fiber placement methods that increase the affordability of nosecone materials. Mentis proposes to design a clamshell nosecone TPS as well as develop the appropriate manufacturing processes, and fabricate a prototype with characteristics and performance similar to typical exoatmospheric interceptor requirements. A full test series is planned that include material modeling, subscale and full scale testing."
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.
- Modernization to Address Obsolescence in Aging Supply Chains
- RF Aperture and Frame Hypersonic Flight Demonstration
- Reverse Engineering and Source Development for F/A-18 Components
- Source Development and Qualification Testing of C-5 Duct Assemblies
- Transition and Commercialization of Affordable Hypersonic TPS Manufactured Using a Selective Laser Heating Process
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Lightweight Deployable Nosecone for SM3 BLK IIB
- Rad-hard damage-resistant Self-healing Synergistic KV (RISSK)
- Lightweight Deployable Nosecone for SM3 BLK IIB
- Tightly Integrated Multi-Functional Fiber-Optic Sensor Sub-Systems for Advanced Interceptor Kill Vehicles
- Advanced Synergistic Structures and Materials for Interceptor Kill Vehicles
Research funding history
53 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2000–2025). Reported award amounts total $40,587,892. 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