SBIR/STTR Research Award
Real-Time Health Management Portable Sensor for Solid Rocket Motors
Award amount
$99,934Program and phase
STTR · Phase IAward year
2015Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Missile Defense Agency
- Recipient company
- PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2015-04-28
- Contract end date
- 2015-10-27
- UEI
- RMG1AZ1ZH8Q7
- Solicitation number
- 2014.2
- Topic code
- MDA14-T004
Research abstract
Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI) proposes to design, develop, and demonstrate a portable, non-invasive, real-time sensor to assess the chemical and physical health of solid rocket motors (SRMs) as a function of age without affecting the motors integrity. In Phase I, a sensor to monitor specific gas species that are markers of the chemical and mechanical aging processes of composite and double base propellants will be developed. The operational feasibility of the sensor will be demonstrated and validated. Mathematical models that correlate the spectral signatures-to-adverse changes in propellant material properties will be simultaneously developed. PSI will manufacture this sensor and transition this to a missile defense application. Approved for Public Release 15-MDA-8161 (11 March 15)
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
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- TFLN Interconnect for Gigabit-rate Environment Ruggedization (TIGER)
- Advanced Ruggedized Modulators for Onboard Receivers (ARMOR)
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Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Real-Time Health Management Portable Sensor for Solid Rocket Motors
- Novel Autonomous Ultrasonic System for Monitoring the Remaining Effective Stabilizer in Aging Rocket Propellants
Research funding history
1,763 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1983–2026). Reported award amounts total $698,949,224. 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 Health and Human Services, Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, Environmental Protection Agency