SBIR/STTR Research Award
Lightweight, Compact Survival Rafts
Award amount
$124,988Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2015Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Kennon Products, Inc.
- Proposal award date
- 2015-06-17
- Contract end date
- 2015-12-17
- UEI
- VS7RME6MLKS5
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- H4.01
Research abstract
An advanced, lightweight inflation system is proposed that will reduce weight to at least 1/2, and down to 1/10 that of current inflation systems. A novel ingress system is also proposed that will greatly aid the boarding of survival rafts especially stressed, injured, frightened or otherwise complromise people in the water. Weight losses and fabrication advances in the inflatable portion of a raft package, being developed under a separate effort, promise to reduce overall package weight to a total package reduction of 2/3, with a goal of 12 pounds or less for a 6 person raft.
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.
- Reusable Wash Covers for F-22 Raptor
- Ultra-Lightweight Emergency Life Raft Units for the C-17
- Chemical Auto Inflator for Life Preserver Units
- Reusable Wash Covers for F-22 Flight Critical Areas
- Mobile Adapter for Canopy Transport (MAC-T)
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Impact-Resistant, Damage-Tolerant Composites with STF Energy Absorbing Layers
- Impact Resistant Composite Structures for Space Suit Applications
- Damage Tolerant Composite Systems for Spacesuits
- In-Suit Waste Management Technologies
- Dust Mitigation Strategies for High Pressure Oxygen QDs
Research funding history
30 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2006–2024). Reported award amounts total $13,266,657. 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