SBIR/STTR Research Award
Development of Novel Materials for Morphing Aircraft
Award amount
$748,212Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2006Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- NEXTGEN AERONAUTICS, INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2006-08-22
- Contract end date
- 2009-03-23
- UEI
- ZKMCL2QBEN46
- Solicitation number
- 2004.3
- Topic code
- NASA A7-02
Research abstract
NextGen Aeronautics, Inc. is pleased to submit this Phase II proposal for the development of a unique material technology and mechanical joint design that minimizes the structural weight penalty due to morphing mechanisms as well as significantly reduces the actuation energy requirement without compromising load carrying capability of a morphing aircraft. The developed technology will be directly applicable to a NextGen designed morphing aircraft, called DREAM-UAV, that provides large wing shape and size changes suitable for dramatically different flight conditions.
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.
- Optimized Novel Multifunctional Composite Sandwich Structures
- Exoskeleton Augmentation for Flightline and Airfield Operations
- Manufacturable Performance-Tailored Mesostructures for Hypersonics
- Wireless Airborne Instrumentation Network (WAIN)
- Manufacturing High Fidelity Full-scale WTM for Next-generation Air Vehicle Development
Research funding history
128 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2003–2026). Reported award amounts total $45,716,575. 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