SBIR/STTR Research Award
Metal Matrix Composite Stiffened Structures
Award amount
$69,998Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2007Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- TOUCHSTONE RESEARCH LABORATORY, LTD.
- Proposal award date
- 2007-06-20
- Contract end date
- 2007-12-31
- UEI
- FBK3WT3XQVH8
- Solicitation number
- 2007.1
- Topic code
- N07-056
Research abstract
The purpose of this project is to determine the feasibility of utilizing metal matrix composite (MMC) prepreg tape material, either by itself or in combination with other materials, as a means of selectively reinforcing aluminum structures that comprise the superstructure of Air Cushion Vehicles (ACVs). The primary goal of this effort will be to reduce the complexity, cost, and weight of the Joint Maritime Assault Connector (JMAC), the next-generation ACV, beyond the current Landing Craft, Air Cushion (LCAC) vehicles. Specific problems to be addressed include the structural efficiency (weight), durability and damage tolerance, corrosion, and reparability of the current design. Feasibility will be determined through design and structural analyses and coupon-level testing during Phase I.
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.
- Lightweight Aluminum Composite Lifting Technologies
- MetPreg Fiber Reinforced Aluminum for Hard Upper Torso Spacesuit Components
- Faraday Shielding for Critical Infrastructure
- Establishing a Domestic Tungsten-Rhenium Wire Supply
- Lightweight Structures for Future Interceptors
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Fiber Reinforced Composite Hull and Topside Structures for Air Cushioned Vehicles (MSC P8035)
- Advanced Composite Materials for Air Cushion Vehicles
- Fiber Reinforced Composite Hull and Topside Structures for Air Cushioned Vehicles (MSC P7003)
Research funding history
104 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1998–2025). Reported award amounts total $38,514,559. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Energy, National Science Foundation