SBIR/STTR Research Award
Rigidized Inflatable Veritex(TM) Structured For RF Antennas
Award amount
$70,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2005Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- CORNERSTONE RESEARCH GROUP INC
- Proposal award date
- 2005-01-21
- Contract end date
- 2005-07-25
- UEI
- F7G8SHTEHNU7
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- E2.03
Research abstract
Cornerstone Research Group inc. (CRG) proposes to demonstrate the feasibility of a lightweight, deployable Veritex TM supporting annulus structure to support large radio frequency (RF) antennas. VeritexTM composites are similar to other high-performance composites, with the exception that CRG's shape memory polymer (SMP) resin, VeriflexTM, is used as the matrix resin. This allows for easy manipulation of the composite above the activation temperature, making it a unique material for use in dynamic structures and other applications requiring both load strength and "shape-shifting" modulus flexibility. In this Phase I program, CRG will develop and evaluate materials and related fabrication technologies based on VeritexTM, and develop a deployment scheme with built-in redundancy. This technical approach fulfills NASA's requirement for a very large, lightweight, on-orbit deployable RF antenna aperture structure by offering a practical, deployable, structural support that will address the short comings of current rigidized inflatable structures.
Technology keywords
Not reported
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Research funding history
384 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1998–2026). Reported award amounts total $175,315,942. 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, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Homeland Security