SBIR/STTR Research Award
High Performance Thrusters for DACS Propulsion
Award amount
$149,998Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2012Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Missile Defense Agency
- Recipient company
- SIENNA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2012-02-01
- Contract end date
- 2013-06-11
- UEI
- W8VZALJ8J617
- Solicitation number
- 2011.2
- Topic code
- MDA11-021
Research abstract
This SBIR program will develop a lightweight, high performance ceramic matrix composite thruster for DACS propulsion. The Phase I program will identify the sealing and joining materials, and demonstrate the processes that are suited for construction of advanced ceramic matrix composite (CMC) thrusters for advanced monopropellants and bipropellants for DACS propulsion. We will seal CMC surfaces and join CMCs to each other and to refractory metals. We will experimentally evaluate Sienna"s ultra-high temperature, oxidation resistant joining compounds through joining experiments, microstructural examination, and shear strength measurements both at room temperature and 1100 degrees C. Simple test thrusters will be fabricated and tested by Aerojet-Sacramento at high temperature and at high pressure at sea-level laboratory tests.
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.
- Long Life, Catalytic Advanced Green Monopropellant Thrusters
- Long Life Cathode Heaters for Hollow Cathodes
- Reliable UHTC Ceramic-Metal Joints for Hypersonic Applications
- Vacuum Compatible High Gradient Insulators
- High Performance Plasma Channel Insulators for High Power Hall Thrusters
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- High Performance Thrusters for DACS Propulsion
- Hot gas components for lightweight missile components
- Hot gas components for lightweight missile components
Research funding history
61 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1993–2017). Reported award amounts total $13,380,891. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Energy, National Science Foundation