SBIR/STTR Research Award
Improved Environmental protection for Zinc Sulfide
Award amount
$120,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2008Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Army
- Recipient company
- SURMET CORP
- Proposal award date
- 2008-10-30
- Contract end date
- 2009-04-30
- UEI
- P559PBN6LX76
- Solicitation number
- 2008.2
- Topic code
- A08-030
Research abstract
Multispectral ZnS windows provide excellent broadband transmission but suffer from susceptibility to damage from handling, sand erosion and rain impact. Surmet is proposing innovative technology to provide such protection while meeting the stated transmission requirements, >65% at 1.06 microns and >85% average transmission over 8 – 12 microns. Phase I work will include key fabrication and testing work to demonstrate effectiveness of our technology and ability to apply it to missile domes. Surmet will work with a missile systems’ Prime Contractor to produce technology with near-term insertion potential. Phase II will optimize our technology and prove repeatability in optical and durability performance, and demonstrate performance, producibility and affordability.
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.
- Develop and Demonstrate Improved Transparent Armor for Army Systems
- Closing Army-Identified Supply Chain Gaps for Aging Weapon Systems
- Developing Qualified Source for DLA Identified NSN
- Improved Method for Optical Fabrication of Conformal ALON Sensor Windows
- Improved Curved Transparent Ceramic Structural Components for Vehicle Armor
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Anti-reflective Nanowire Coatings for IR Optics
- Improved Environmental Protection for Zinc Sulfide
- Enhanced Durability, High-Transmission, ZnS Windows Incorporating AR Microstructures
- Using Nanowires to Improve Environmental Protection of Zinc Sulfide
Research funding history
117 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1993–2025). Reported award amounts total $45,025,722. 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, Department of Homeland Security