SBIR/STTR Research Award
Refractory Metal Coating for Electromagnetic Launcher Rails
Award amount
$70,000Program and phase
STTR · Phase IAward year
2010Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- TDA RESEARCH, INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2010-06-28
- Contract end date
- 2011-04-30
- UEI
- MK5ANJVWVZK7
- Solicitation number
- 2010.A
- Topic code
- N10A-T025
Research abstract
Electromagnetic launchers or rail guns are a key component of the Navy’s all-electric ship of the future, but they lack the durability required for repeated firings. TDA Research and the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) are developing a tough, durable and conductive refractory metal coating that will protect the copper alloy conductors (rails) from the extreme heat and wear conditions inside the barrel. Our thin, continuous coating will be cost effective to apply to large components and will greatly increase the effective lifetime of rail gun components, one of the key challenges that today prevent the shipboard deployment of rail gun systems.
Technology keywords
Not reported
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Awards with the same topic code
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- A Plasma Process to Produce Refractory Metal Clad Continuous Lengths of Copper Alloy Gun Rails
- Development of Improved High Strength, High Conductivity Refractory Materials for Rail Gun Launchers
- New and Improved Rail Material for Electromagnetic Launchers
- A Plasma Process to Apply Refractory Metal Coatings to Continuous Lengths of Copper Alloy Rails
- Graded-Composition Refractory Coatings for Protection of Cu-Rails for Electromagnetic Launchers
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