SBIR/STTR Research Award
Welded Construction for LCAC Ramps(1000-716)
Award amount
$999,832Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2005Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- TRITON SYSTEMS, INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2005-09-23
- Contract end date
- 2008-08-11
- UEI
- DA91DUWSMSQ7
- Solicitation number
- 2004.1
- Topic code
- N04-090
Research abstract
Triton Systems Inc. proposes this Phase II follow on program to build a full-scale thermoplastic ramp for a Landing Craft, Air Cushioned (LCAC) vehicle, and to validate the product solution developed in Phase I. Triton’s Phase I concept offers reduced weight (>30%) and lifecycle costs, with equal or greater strength and impact resistance versus the current aluminum ramp. The composite ramp’s fabrication cost is also comparable to aluminum’s. The impact from a beaching and unloading maneuver is considered the critical loading, and will drive the structural design of the composite ramp system. To meet the impact and strength performance, the best lightweight material approach is the use of advanced thermoplastic composite materials.
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.
- Coatings for Reliable Compact Rotary Engines
- Pre and Post Weld Heating Innovations
- Biological Noise Modeling for Active and Passive Sonar System Performance Predictions
- Ambient Acoustic Noise Cancelling for Military Boom Microphones
- Advanced Fretting Fatigue Life Prediction Method for Naval Aerospace Applications
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Advanced Lightweight Ramps for LCAC
- Conformable Lightweight Pultruded Toughened Composite LCAC Ramps
- Lightweight and Repairable Welded Thermoplastic Construction for LCAC Ramps(1000-425)
Research funding history
927 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1993–2026). Reported award amounts total $388,500,403. 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, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Transportation