SBIR/STTR Research Award
Advanced Structural Development for Naval Hovercraft Ramps (MSC P4151)
Award amount
$1,499,970Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2014Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- MATERIALS SCIENCES LLC
- Proposal award date
- 2014-07-14
- Contract end date
- 2018-05-02
- UEI
- GKJZWMKKWWX4
- Solicitation number
- 11.2
- Topic code
- N112-142
Research abstract
The current welded aluminum ramps on the Navy’s Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) hovercraft are prone to damage related to extreme vehicle and seaway load requirements in combination with corrosion and erosion due to the harsh salt-laden marine environment in which they operate. Improving durability, corrosion resistance and life cycle cost of the air cushioned vehicle (ACV) ramps at minimum weight is paramount to achieving operational goals of future platforms such as the Ship-to-Shore Connector (SSC). The innovation and opportunity offered in this proposal is an approach for simultaneously reducing the weight, while improving the durability and corrosion resistance of ACV ramps using fiber reinforced composite materials. To accomplish this objective, an Integrated Product Team (IPT) of composite designers and fabricators has been assembled to develop lightweight, advanced material solutions and structural designs for typical ACV ramp configurations.
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.
- Acoustically Transparent Underwater Curing Adhesive - P4952
- Topology Optimized Metamaterials via AM of Refractory High Entropy Alloys for Extreme Temperature Deployment - P4955
- Domestic, Low-Cost Pitch Carbon Fiber for High Temperature Applications - P4945
- Design for Additive Manufacturing (DfAM) Risk Toolset - MSC P4804
- Low-Cost Sharrow Closed-Loop Contra-Rotating Rotor Set (S-CRP) - P4953
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Advanced Structural Development for Naval Hovercraft Ramps
- Advanced Structural Development for Naval Hovercraft Ramps (MSC P4033)
- Advanced Structural Development for Naval Hovercraft Ramps
Research funding history
223 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1983–2025). Reported award amounts total $77,459,684. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Science Foundation, Department of Energy, Department of Transportation