SBIR/STTR Research Award
Metal Matrix Composite Axial Propulsion Missile Components
Award amount
$99,996Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2006Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Missile Defense Agency
- Recipient company
- TOUCHSTONE RESEARCH LABORATORY, LTD.
- Proposal award date
- 2006-05-02
- Contract end date
- 2006-11-30
- UEI
- FBK3WT3XQVH8
- Solicitation number
- 2005.3
- Topic code
- MDA05-068
Research abstract
The purpose of this project is to determine the feasibility of utilizing metal matrix composite (MMC) filament winding for manufacturing missile components for BMD systems. Through this effort Touchstone will demonstrate an innovative manufacturing process for advanced MMC materials that will enhance the performance of axial propulsion booster components for missile defense interceptors. Motor case analogs will be produced and evaluated by way of hydrostatic pressure testing. A trade study will also be performed to quantify the benefits of using MMC materials for applications that meet current and future MDA needs. This technology will provide a low-cost means of inserting MMC materials into BMD systems for improved performance.
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.
- Metal Matrix Composite Axial Propulsion Missile Components
- Highly Affordable Net- and Near-Net Forming of Fully Dense TaC for Boost Nozzle Applications
- Highly Affordable Net- and Near-Net Forming of Fully Dense TaC for Boost Nozzle Applications
- Innovative Manufacturing of Hafnium Carbide Insulation Materials
- Metal Matrix Composite Axial Propulsion Missile Components
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