SBIR/STTR Research Award
RRHB Health Monitor
Award amount
$150,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2008Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- MIDE TECHNOLOGY CORP
- Proposal award date
- 2008-05-07
- Contract end date
- 2009-10-21
- UEI
- C6C8KS7Y1K76
- Solicitation number
- 2008.1
- Topic code
- N08-014
Research abstract
An existing Repeatable Release Holdback Bar (RRHB) is used on aircraft carriers to control the launch of aircraft in conjunction with a steam-powered catapult. This is a purely mechanical device with a finite lifespan; its proper operation depends entirely on manual adjustment and human optical inspection, often under foul weather, darkness, and time pressure at flight deck operation tempo, allowing significant opportunities for human error. resulting in loss of aircraft and human life. In addition, mechanical wear caused by normal usage can result in early release, with similar results. A health monitoring system capable of attaching to the existing RRHB designs will save millions by reducing the potential for human error as well as detecting impending mechanical failure which could result in premature release or failure to reset. Mide proposes an electronic RRHB health monitor as a retrofit kit to currently-existing RRHBs.
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.
- ARBOOM - Novel, Tactical-Sized Reconfigurable Aerial Refueling Boom
- Project Patchwork - Wirelessly Networked Structural Analysis Devices for Aircraft
- RASP - Automated Scoring Program for Rodent Ultrasonic Vocalizations (USVs)
- Cut Resistant Hose for Vibration Isolation Module (SEASNAKE)
- Data Logger for Measuring Body Dynamics in Spaceflight Environment (MBISE)
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- A Health and Usage Monitoring System (HUMS) for the Repeatable Release Holdback Bar (RRHB)
- RRHB Health Monitor
- Repeatable Release Holdback Bar Health Monitoring System
- Intelligent Repeatable Release Hold Back Bar (IRRHB)
- Repeatable Release Holdback Bar Health Monitoring System
Research funding history
144 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1994–2019). Reported award amounts total $41,924,515. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Transportation, Department of Homeland Security, Environmental Protection Agency