SBIR/STTR Research Award
Tailorable Thermobaric Charge
Award amount
$100,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2006Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Defense Threat Reduction Agency
- Recipient company
- POWDERMET INC
- Proposal award date
- 2006-06-19
- Contract end date
- 2006-12-19
- UEI
- TK9JT3DMDW14
- Solicitation number
- 2006.1
- Topic code
- DTRA06-010
Research abstract
The need for novel weapons to defeat urban targets and rapidly immobalize enemy combatants hiding in bunkers, caves, and basements requires new weapons and tactics. Thermobaric warheads can provide tailored blast response optimized for the defeat of these targets with low collateral damage. In this Phase I SBIR program, Powdermet will develop surface-coated metallic particles that can deliver tailored blast, sustained pressure, and controlled thermal effects enabled by controlling particle composition, size, and shape. In addition, a 20-L high pressure dust bomb energetic materials screeing test facility will be established, analyzed, coupled to the CFX (ANSYS) code, and validated as a screening and development tool to support solid fuel combustion and thermobaric charge development efforts.
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.
- Hybrid Reactive Materials for Thermobaric Weapons
- Hybrid Reactive Materials for Thermobaric Weapons
- New Thermobaric Materials and Weapon Concepts
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