SBIR/STTR Research Award
Novel Advanced High-Density Materials for Hypersonic Nosetips
Award amount
$79,999Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2013Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- ATS-MER, LLC
- Proposal award date
- 2013-05-07
- Contract end date
- 2014-03-07
- UEI
- F8HABDW7DVG8
- Solicitation number
- 2013.1
- Topic code
- N131-071
Research abstract
Future hypersonic sea-level launch systems require high-density nosetips that can handle extreme heat loads in highly oxidizing conditions, survive>30 kg axial mechanical loads,>10 kg transverse balloting loads, thermal shock from surface temperature rise of 2000°C/sec from a Mach 8 launch with point heat fluxes of 4500 BTU/ft2-sec. Multicomponent functionally graded materials with densities>15 g/cc are necessary for a nosetip to meet the identified launch requirements. Only a few materials meet the density requirement but do not meet the oxidation resistance leading to multicomponent functionally graded materials combination requirements. A high-density core will be utilized and functionally graded utilizing plasma transferred arc (PTA) processing to oxidation resistant compositions which meet nosetip requirements for the duration of flight. Compositions will be optimized with characterization including the severe thermal shock test and arc-jet testing with samples and subscale nosetips delivered to the Navy.
Technology keywords
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Other awards by this recipient
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Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- High Density, Multi-Layered Nosetips for Hypersonic Projectiles
- Innovative Nosetip Materials and Designs for Hypervelocity Projectiles
- Ablation-Resistant High-Density Hypervelocity Projectile Nosetip
- High Density Nosetips for Hypersonic Projectiles
Research funding history
464 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1985–2018). Reported award amounts total $100,117,977. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Energy, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Science Foundation, Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Transportation