SBIR/STTR Research Award
Aerogel Modified Structural Thermal Protection System
Award amount
$100,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2011Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- POWDERMET INC
- Proposal award date
- 2011-02-23
- Contract end date
- 2011-09-29
- UEI
- TK9JT3DMDW14
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- X9.02
Research abstract
This program will mature and further develop structural syntactic foam insulated integral Thermal Protection System (TPS) designs and materials as an enabling technology for the highly reliable, reusable launch system. This proposed SBIR program will build on Powdermet's extensive prior experience with SiC rigid insulators, CMCs, and ultrahigh-temperature coatings, combined with design modeling from MR & D associates that identified positive directions needed in foam-supported integral structural TPS systems.
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.
- Development of Anisotropic Sintered NdFeB Magnet Consolidation Capacity
- Rapid Net Shape Fabrication of Complex Shapes
- Rare Earth Free Motor Designs with MnBi
- Rapid Manufacturing of Sintered NdFeB Permanent Magnets
- Thermally Engineered Gradient Refractory Metal Matrix Hot-Structures for Hypersonics
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Advanced Metal Rubber Sensors for Hypersonic Decelerator Entry Systems
- Petal Brake Hypersonic Entry System
- Integrated Composite Structure for EDL Application
- Integrated Inflatable Ballute for Planetary Entry
- Multi-Layered Integrated Airframe System
Research funding history
123 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1998–2024). Reported award amounts total $29,889,391. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Transportation