SBIR/STTR Research Award
Lightweight Self-sealing Fuel Tank with Hydraulic Ram Mitigation
Award amount
$69,923Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2011Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- Infoscitex Corporation
- Proposal award date
- 2011-05-05
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- NJM7E3Y9QXJ5
- Solicitation number
- 2010.2
- Topic code
- N102-108
Research abstract
The Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle (EFV) has two external fuel tanks that have a total capacity of 238 gallons, and weigh nearly 500 lbs each. The US Marines seek to reduce the weight of each external tank by 40% to 310 lbs, while not compromising survivability or capacity. Self-sealing coating technologies such as polyurea are desired; however, the added weight of this feature may present an integration challenge. The competing requirements of ballistic protection, fuel containment, and vehicle weight present a significant engineering challenge in this application. Innovative solutions that balance these performance traits are required, particularly strategies to achieve compact, low surface area fuel tanks that enable the full thickness of a polyurea coating necessary for self-sealing.
Technology keywords
Not reported
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.
- Modular Lightweight External Fuel Tank System
- Modular Lightweight External Fuel Tank System
- Modular Lightweight External Fuel Tank System
Research funding history
210 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1986–2013). Reported award amounts total $64,528,765. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Health and Human Services, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Homeland Security, Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Agriculture