SBIR/STTR Research Award
High Strength Amorphous Metal Alloy for Penetrator Noses and Cases
Award amount
$150,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2011Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Defense Threat Reduction Agency
- Recipient company
- TDA RESEARCH, INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2011-12-02
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- MK5ANJVWVZK7
- Solicitation number
- 2011.1
- Topic code
- DTRA111-003
Research abstract
Kinetic penetrators are currently made of depleted alloys of uranium or tungsten, which are both toxic heavy metals that are harmful to human health and the environment. Amorphous metals have the high strength, fracture toughness and surface erosion resistance needed to replace uranium and tungsten without sacrificing performance. Recent research on amorphous metals has developed bulk metallic glasses that can be cast into larger pieces (>1.5 cm in diameter) without crystallizing. TDA Research will prepare samples of a bulk metallic glass alloy with high glass forming ability that has the materials properties required by kinetic penetrator noses and cases for ballistic applications. A viable path forward for scaling up the production of larger parts will also be demonstrated.
Technology keywords
Not reported
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Awards with the same topic code
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- Amorphous Metals for Penetrator Noses and Cases
- Laser Direct Deposition Applied to the Manufacturing of Bulk, Net Shaped Metallic Glasses
Research funding history
951 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1988–2026). Reported award amounts total $317,960,224. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Energy, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Environmental Protection Agency, National Science Foundation, Department of Health and Human Services