SBIR/STTR Research Award
Environmentally Friendly Alternative Synthesis and Process to Manufacture Cost-Effective Hexanitrohexaazaisowurtzitane (CL-20)
Award amount
$1,199,877Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2016Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- NALAS ENGINEERING SERVICES INC
- Proposal award date
- 2015-10-14
- Contract end date
- 2018-04-13
- UEI
- PYMEMM1KGKY1
- Solicitation number
- 2014.1
- Topic code
- N141-017
Research abstract
A novel two-step route to HNIW (aka CL-20) will be developed to a low-cost process for the production of this important energetic material on a commercial scale. Our approach is based on the validation of our strategy by first converting a new cage intermediate developed at Nalas into CL-20 by direct nitration. Upon reaching proof-of-principle, the new route will be subjected to engineering development with an eye towards low-cost CL-20.
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.
- Vat polymerization materials for AM of gun propellants
- Continuous Flow Recrystallization of HMX
- Development of Energetic Polymer Systems for Additive Manufacturing Energetic Formulations
- Manufacturing Technology Development for Production of Nitrate Salts
- Development of Vat Polymerization Materials for Additive Manufacturing of Gun Propellant
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Environmentally Friendly Alternative Synthesis and Process to Manufacture Cost-Effective Hexanitrohexaazaisowurtzitane (CL-20)
- Environmentally Friendly Alternative Synthesis and Process to Manufacture Cost-Effective Hexanitrohexaazaisowurtzitane (CL-20)
- Environmentally Friendly Alternative Synthesis and Process to Manufacture Cost-Effective Hexanitrohexaazaisowurtzitane (CL-20)
- Environmentally Friendly Alternative Synthesis and Process to Manufacture Cost-Effective Hexanitrohexaazaisowurtzitane (CL-20)
- Rapid Feasibility Studies for Novel Routes to Direct CL-20 Intermediates
Research funding history
26 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2010–2024). Reported award amounts total $14,795,209. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense