SBIR/STTR Research Award
Flexible Cooled Power Conductors for Electromagnetic Railguns
Award amount
$79,978Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2011Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- IAP RESEARCH, INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2011-05-09
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- WBU3RUKH8DY8
- Solicitation number
- 2011.1
- Topic code
- N111-074
Research abstract
Electromagnetic railguns are transitioning from single shot lab guns to a weapon system firing 6-12 rounds per minute. The cables that supply the railgun current from the power supply must also make this transition. We propose to develop a flexible coaxial cable with cooled conductors to meet this need. The cable system will be designed to deliver the 5-6 mega-amps required by tactical railguns. The cable terminations will be designed to integrate with the limited space allowed at the launcher for these electrical connections. At the completion of Phase I, we will have: designed, built, and tested a prototype coaxial cable to meet the thermal demands.
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.
- SiC-Based High Voltage Capacitor Charging Innovations
- Field effects in processing lightweight materials with superior mechanical properties and microstructures
- Innovative, shock-load resistant Pulsed Power supply.
- Medium Voltage Direct Current (MVDC) Fault Detection, Localization, and Isolation
- Affordable Point of Use Conversion (PUC) Module for 400Hz Power System Applications
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Flexible Cooled Power Conductors for Electromagnetic Railguns
- Integrated Thermal Energy Storage in a Power Conductor for Electromagnetic Railguns
- Flexible Cooled Power Conductors for Electromagnetic Railguns
- Flexible Cooled Power Conductors for Electromagnetic Railguns
Research funding history
85 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1983–2017). Reported award amounts total $21,413,397. 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