SBIR/STTR Research Award
Propulsion and Propeller Technology for High Altitude Airships (HAA)
Award amount
$70,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2003Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Missile Defense Agency
- Recipient company
- NEW GENERATION MOTORS CORP.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
An innovative advance to improve brushless permanent magnet motor technology has been conceived. Previous limitations of the technology limited its use in applications where load profiles are highly varied such as aircraft propulsion or traction drives.The innovation reduces mass, complexity and cost of the system while improving reliability. A hardware demonstration is undertaken in Phase I as well as an analysis of the improvement over other technologies. This technology once fully developed can beused in a wide range of applications such as traction drives, electric, hybrid electric or fuel cell aircraft propulsion, or electric power generation.
Technology keywords
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