SBIR/STTR Research Award
Low Density, Rugged, Shape Memory-Metal Rubber™ Morph-on-Demand Towed Array Hose
Award amount
$100,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2009Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- NANOSONIC INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2009-07-23
- Contract end date
- 2010-08-23
- UEI
- ZK7ECNMN7MM5
- Solicitation number
- 2009.1
- Topic code
- N091-058
Research abstract
NanoSonic specializes in the production of multifunctional, nanostructured morphing airfoils and hydrofoils via Shape Memory-Metal Rubber™ (SM-MR). SM-MR™ would be exploited as a smart towed array hose that can both sense and change its shape under sea-water to reduce damaging strum-induced vibration and optimize hydrophone performance. Our unique layer-by-layer self-assembly processing method yields ultra-lightweight ( 100% elongation) to BF Goodrich 58881. The TRL of the morph-on-demand SM-MR™ submarine towed array hose would be increased to TRL6 during Phase I and to TRL 9 when demonstrated at Carderock housing a TB-29A acoustic module in Phase III.
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.
- 3D Printed Bimetallic Structures for Radio Frequency Devices, Topic 34a
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- HybridSilÆ Underwater Curing Adhesive for Acoustically Transparent Applications
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- Radiation and H2 Durable Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Fuel Element Insulator
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Low Density, Rugged, Shape Memory-Metal Rubber Morph-on-Demand Towed Array Hose
- Novel Towed Array Hose Materials Technology
- Shape Changing, Reduced Density, Towed Array Hose
- Novel Towed Array Hose Materials Technology
Research funding history
469 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1998–2026). Reported award amounts total $155,330,549. 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, Department of Transportation, Environmental Protection Agency