SBIR/STTR Research Award
Ultra-Light Weight Energy Absorbing Armor
Award amount
$120,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2006Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Army
- Recipient company
- POWDERMET INC
- Proposal award date
- 2006-11-22
- Contract end date
- 2007-10-18
- UEI
- TK9JT3DMDW14
- Solicitation number
- 2006.2
- Topic code
- A06-214
Research abstract
This Phase I SBIR program will prepare an integrally fabricated aluminum syntactic foam armor panel 36" X 36" square. The low cost, lightweight energy adsorbin amor concept is based on the use of a metal-encapsualted ceramic tile strike plate integrally fabricated with an aluminum foam energy adsorbing layer. A thin composite spall liner will finish the deisng. Use of 10,000 psig syntactic aluminum foam sturctual energy adsorbers enables dispersion of ballistic energy, greatly reducing spall liner requirements and thereby reducing cost and weight.
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.
- Development of Anisotropic Sintered NdFeB Magnet Consolidation Capacity
- Rapid Net Shape Fabrication of Complex Shapes
- Rare Earth Free Motor Designs with MnBi
- Rapid Manufacturing of Sintered NdFeB Permanent Magnets
- Thermally Engineered Gradient Refractory Metal Matrix Hot-Structures for Hypersonics
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
Research funding history
123 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1998–2024). Reported award amounts total $29,889,391. 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, Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Transportation