SBIR/STTR Research Award
Advanced Rocket Propulsion Technologies
Award amount
$99,187Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2004Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- FMW COMPOSITE SYSTEMS, INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2004-05-05
- Contract end date
- 2005-02-04
- UEI
- VPQBVVPXNHA3
- Solicitation number
- 2004.1
- Topic code
- AF04-199
Research abstract
The future propulsion requirements of the USAF will require substantial performance improvements, especially stage mass fraction as defined by the Phase III IHPRPT goals. The development and transition to production of titanium matrix composites (TMC) offer the potential of significant mass fraction gains for liquid engines. This program proposes the substitution of TMC into the impeller, which offers a potential engine weight savings of up to 24%. The Phase I activity will accomplish the system design and critical subelement fabrication. Phase II would build a TMC impeller for test at Rocketdyne.
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.
- Reinforced High Temperature Titanium Metal Matrix Composite Systems For Impeller Applications In Advanced Army Turboshaft Engines
- Advanced Divert and Attitude Control Systems (DACS)
- Reinforced High Temperature Titanium Metal Matrix Composite Systems For Impeller Applications In Advanced Army Turboshaft Engines
- Titanium Matrix Composite Pressure Vessel
- Titanium Matrix Composite Pressure Vessel
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Advanced Rocket Propulsion Technologies
- Laser Ignition of Hydrocarbon Rocket Engine Combustion Chambers
- Scorpius® Suborbital Rocket (SR-M) Expendable Vehicle Technology
- Advanced High Mass Fraction Tactical Rocket Motor Case
- Knowledge-Based Multi-Diciplinary Optimization of Rocket Turbopump Design
Research funding history
15 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2003–2009). Reported award amounts total $4,512,550. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration