SBIR/STTR Research Award
Innovative Materials and Designs for Joint Strike Fighter Lift Fan Drive Shaft (MSC P1A12-401)
Award amount
$99,987Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2004Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- MATERIALS SCIENCES LLC
- Proposal award date
- 2004-04-02
- Contract end date
- 2004-10-02
- UEI
- GKJZWMKKWWX4
- Solicitation number
- 2004.1
- Topic code
- N04-020
Research abstract
The goal of this SBIR project is to develop and demonstrate lightweight, low cost, drive shaft concepts for use in high performance rotating engine drive systems, with specific focus on the STOVL lift fan system. The product of Phase I of the SBIR program outlined in this proposal will be a lightweight graphite fiber reinforced composite drive shaft and end fitting design that meets the structural requirements of the JSF STOVL system. A proof-of-concept prototype tube will be fabricated during Phase I to establish manufacturing feasibility, verify weight estimates and support cost studies. The design concept and manufacturing approach builds on previous research that successfully demonstrated the structural robustness and weight and cost competitiveness of a Materials Sciences Corporation design developed for the V-22 Osprey wing drive system.
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.
- Acoustically Transparent Underwater Curing Adhesive - P4952
- Topology Optimized Metamaterials via AM of Refractory High Entropy Alloys for Extreme Temperature Deployment - P4955
- Domestic, Low-Cost Pitch Carbon Fiber for High Temperature Applications - P4945
- Design for Additive Manufacturing (DfAM) Risk Toolset - MSC P4804
- Low-Cost Sharrow Closed-Loop Contra-Rotating Rotor Set (S-CRP) - P4953
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Development of Joint Strike Fighter Lift Fan Drive Shaft (MSC P5044)
- Composite Lift Fan Driveshaft (CLD)
- High Performance Composite Drive Shaft for JSF STOVL Lift Fan System (1000-414)
Research funding history
223 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1983–2025). Reported award amounts total $77,459,684. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Science Foundation, Department of Energy, Department of Transportation