SBIR/STTR Research Award
Aerodynamic Dome Manufacturing Cost Reduction
Award amount
$1,960,998Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2015Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- CERANOVA CORP
- Proposal award date
- 2015-02-12
- Contract end date
- 2018-09-30
- UEI
- ZRUGAHKBA2N6
- Solicitation number
- 2013.2
- Topic code
- N132-121
Research abstract
Future high-speed heat seeking missiles require aerodynamic infrared dome shapes that reduce drag and provide a larger unvignetted field of view. These shapes require new fabrication methods and tools as well as new metrology techniques to accurately measure physical attributes and optical performance. Significant progress has been made in all aspects of producing an optical ogive dome from CeraNovas transparent alumina and further work will refine the techniques and reduce manufacturing costs.
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.
- Conformal IR Windows for Hypersonic Vehicles and Weapons Systems
- Enhanced Emissivity in High-Speed Window Materials
- Nanograin Ceramic for Hypersonic Sensor Windows
- Electro-optical Seeker
- Enabling Technologies for Forward Looking Interceptor Seekers/Sensors
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Aerodynamic Dome Manufacturing Cost Reduction
- Aerodynamic Dome Manufacturing Cost Reduction
- Rapid and Precise Metrology for Advanced Optical Components
- Aerodynamic Dome Manufacturing Cost Reduction
Research funding history
39 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1993–2025). Reported award amounts total $16,013,915. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Health and Human Services, National Aeronautics and Space Administration