SBIR/STTR Research Award
FASTSPAN LIGHTWEIGHT FOOTBRIDGE CONCEPT
Award amount
$48,500Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1990Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Army
- Recipient company
- Fastspan Inc
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
THE FASTSPAN LIGHTWEIGHT BRIDGE CONCEPT EMPLOYS A FOLDING PANTOGRAPH RECTANGULAR PANEL SYSTEM IN FOUR SECTIONS, 5M EACH LONG WHICH JOIN TOGETHER, WITH A 2 PIECE HEXCELL SANDWICH DECK SYSTEM WHICH IS EMPLACED AFTER CANTELEVER DEPLOYMENT OF THE FRAME STRUCTURE AND WITH RAMP END-FRAMES. IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT THE BRIDGE WILL BE PACKAGED IN 9 APPROXIMATELY 23 KG. PACKS FOR ERECTION BY LIGHT INFANTRY SQUAD. MULTIPLES OF THE 20M BRIDGE, EACH WITH AN INFLATABLE FLOTATION DEVICE AND ANCHORAGE SYSTEM IS PROPOSED FOR WET GAP CROSSING OF ANY LENGTH. DEPLOYMENT CAN BE SILENT. TRI LATERAL CODE REQUIREMENTS ARE MET.
Technology keywords
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