SBIR/STTR Research Award
Tactical Vehicle Underbody Blast Energy Absorber Kit
Award amount
$723,805Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2010Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Army
- Recipient company
- CELLULAR MATERIALS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2010-05-13
- Contract end date
- 2012-05-13
- UEI
- UXMNC56MVY75
- Solicitation number
- 2008.2
- Topic code
- A08-161
Research abstract
In Phase I, CMI successfully demonstrated the ability of a 12 psf MicroTrussTM armor solution to absorb at least 31% of a blast equivalent to a STANAG 4569 Level 2 Blast. In Phase II, CMI will design, develop, and deliver to TARDEC a lightweight blast-attenuation field prototype armor kit. Through design, modeling, testing, and redesign, CMI will seek to optimize the blast mitigating capabilities of the MicroTruss(TM) solution by identifying opportunities to reduce weight and using composites and air gaps to improve blast-attenuation capabilities. The resulting armor kit delivered to TARDEC will be able to save the soldiers’ lives by reducing the effects of IED and mine blasts on their vehicles’ crew compartments.
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.
- Spray Protection for Landing on Aluminum Ships
- High Heat Flux Thermal Management Technologies for Aluminum Decks
- Innovative Cost-effective Aluminum Joining Systems
- Electrical power generation for sustained high speed flight
- Dielectric Barrier Discharge Plasma Actuators for Aerodynamic Control
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
Research funding history
16 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2002–2021). Reported award amounts total $4,362,262. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Science Foundation, Department of Homeland Security, National Aeronautics and Space Administration