SBIR/STTR Research Award
Advanced Ultra-Lightweight Hybrid/Composite Mirrors (ULHCMs)
Award amount
$99,986Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2008Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- UES INC
- Proposal award date
- 2007-12-21
- Contract end date
- 2008-12-21
- UEI
- FV5WK6YTN215
- Solicitation number
- 2007.3
- Topic code
- AF073-041
Research abstract
This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I program seeks to develop a new fabrication technology for producing an ultra-light hybrid mirror for space applications. The state-of-the art space mirrors made of glass and SiC are costly to produce. The areal density of the glass and SiC mirrors also do not meet the ULHCM concepts that require 1 to 5 kg/m2 of areal density. An innovative new process is needed to address these current issues. During the Phase I period, UES proposes to use a novel fabrication process to produce a space quality hybrid mirror. Substrate and laminate mirror facesheets (4-6 inch diameter) will be integrated by applying an inorganic adhesive. In the Phase II program, we will fabricate a large-sized mirror that is mechanically and chemically very stable, and shows an outstanding mirror quality that can minimize the loss of the needed optical properties.
Technology keywords
Not reported
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Awards with the same topic code
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- Extremely Low Areal Density Composite Isogrid Supported Hybrid Membrane Optical Shell Reflector
- Advanced Ultra-Lightweight Hybrid/Composite Mirrors (ULHCMs)
- Extremely Low Areal Density Composite Isogrid Supported Hybrid Membrane Optical Shell Reflector
Research funding history
294 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1983–2023). Reported award amounts total $73,979,003. 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 Science Foundation, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Contractor profile
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