SBIR/STTR Research Award
High Strength, Optical Quality Spinel
Award amount
$99,967Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2010Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- CERANOVA CORP
- Proposal award date
- 2010-08-01
- Contract end date
- 2011-01-31
- UEI
- ZRUGAHKBA2N6
- Solicitation number
- 2010.2
- Topic code
- N102-163
Research abstract
Optical quality polycrystalline spinel (MgAl2O4) has been sought as a visible- and infrared-transmitting material since the 1960s because of its potential for transparent armor and durable sensor window. Recently, there have been great strides in the processing of transparent spinel that has shown great promise in optical clarity, however, the improvements in strength of spinel has not been as successful. CeraNova proposes a method to produce a very fine grained transparent spinel in an economic manner that has proven advantageous to increase strengths by multiples in similar materials while maintaining optical clarity.
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.
- Conformal IR Windows for Hypersonic Vehicles and Weapons Systems
- Enhanced Emissivity in High-Speed Window Materials
- Nanograin Ceramic for Hypersonic Sensor Windows
- Electro-optical Seeker
- Enabling Technologies for Forward Looking Interceptor Seekers/Sensors
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- High Strength, Optical Quality Spinel
- High Strength Spinel Sensor Windows
- High Strength, Optical Quality Spinel
- High Strength Spinel Sensor Windows
- High Strength Spinel Windows with the Tailored Microstructure
Research funding history
39 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1993–2025). Reported award amounts total $16,013,915. 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