SBIR/STTR Research Award
Lightweight Linerless Cryogenic Composite Tanks for Near-Space Platforms
Award amount
$99,700Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2006Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- COMPOSITE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT, INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2006-07-07
- Contract end date
- 2007-07-06
- UEI
- X57TKFLL14E5
- Solicitation number
- 2006.1
- Topic code
- AF06-241
Research abstract
In Phase I, Composite Technology Development, Inc. (CTD) proposes to demonstrate the feasibility of a linerless composite cryogenic tank design that will help reduce the system weight and increase the fuel carrying capability of airships or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), thus enabling Air Force missions requiring near-continuous persistence. CTD will select a novel material based on its superior microcrack resistance at cryogenic temperature and test an engineering model of a linerless cryogenic composite tank fabricated with this material to demonstrate performance and feasibility. Work in Phase I will also include design optimization of a full-scale tank, in collaboration with AeroVironment, an industry expert in UAVs.
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.
- Microcrack-Resistant Resin Systems for Cryo-Compressed Hydrogen Storage
- Lightweight Type V All-Composite Hydrogen Pressure Vessels for Fuel Cell Powered Long-Duration Unmanned Systems
- Advanced Lightweight Hydrogen Fuel Tanks for UAS
- Demonstration of High Shear Strength Insulation for Fusion Applications
- Interface Control as a Means of Reducing Training in High Energy Physics Magnets
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Lightweight Linerless Cryogenic Composite Tanks for Near-Space Platforms
- High-Altitude Morphing Aircraft (HAMAC) Flight Demonstrations
- AeroLensCraft with STEP and TVM
- AeroLensCraft with STEP and TVM
- Innovative Near Space (High Altitude Air) Platform Technologies
Research funding history
148 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1987–2024). Reported award amounts total $51,861,396. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Energy, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Science Foundation