SBIR/STTR Research Award
Replicated Hybrid/Composite Mirror Technologies
Award amount
$99,996Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2005Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- UES INC
- Proposal award date
- 2005-03-29
- Contract end date
- 2006-03-29
- UEI
- FV5WK6YTN215
- Solicitation number
- 2005.1
- Topic code
- AF05-140
Research abstract
This Phase I SBIR program is focused on developing engineered materials for a replicated hybrid/composite mirror that can operate in the visible optics range at ambient air or space condition and that has an areal density <7 kg/m2. The proposed replicated mirror system is based on the nano-laminates of SiC and Si3N4. The underlying concept of using SiC and Si3N4 is to construct the mirror, attachment bonding material, and SiC substructure in such a way that they all possess very close thermal expansion coefficients. The replicated SiC/Si3N4 nano-laminate mirror surface will be characterized optically to meet the requirements of the surface figure error and surface roughness (63 nm RMS and 2 nm RMS, respectively).At the end of the program, 10 cm flat replicated mirror with required optical quality will be delivered.
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.
- AiHigh Fidelity, Library Based THz Air Toxic Monitoring System for Neighborhood-Level Surveillance
- Si3N4 Fiber (22-RD-381)
- Design, Analysis, Fabrication, and Test Firing of Non-eroding Hybrid Ceramic Nozzle Throats Using Strong and Tough TaC-Composites (22-RD-379)
- Novel Innovative UHTC and Fabrication for Solid Propulsion Pintles (22-RD-360)
- Ceramic Matrix Composites With Novel Additives For Gas Turbine Engine Applications (22-RD-363)
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Rapid Mirror Fabrication Using Agile Replication
- Replicated Hybrid/Composite Mirror Technologies
- Optimized Surface Quality of Chemical Vapor Composite Silicon Carbide Mirrors
- Rapid Mirror Fabrication Using Agile Replication
Research funding history
294 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1983–2023). Reported award amounts total $73,979,003. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Contractor profile
Historical federal award activity, when published, is on that contractor profile. Matched by UEI only.