SBIR/STTR Research Award
DIRECTED ENERGY THERMAL SHIELDS
Award amount
$500,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1985Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- Boyd Lancaster, Inc.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- HUT3XNPLRL77
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
SPACE-BASED DIRECTED ENERGY WEAPONS HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR ATTACKING SATELLITE COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION GATHERING SYSTEMS. ACCORDINGLY, THERE IS A STRONG INCENTIVE TO DEVELOP PROTECTIVE SYSTEMS WHICH WILL ALLEVIATE OR NEGATE THE DAMAGING EFFECTS OF THESE WEAPONS AS STRUCTURES. A POTENTIALLLY EFFECTIVE APPROACH, FOR THE PROTECTION OF SATELLITES FROM DIRECTED ENERGY WEAPONS, IS THE UTILIZATION OF HEAT PIPES WITHIN A SHIELD STRUCTURE. HEAT PIPES COULD BE DESIGNED TO ABSORB THE ENERGYBEAM AND TRANSPORT THE GENERATED HEAT FOR DISSIPATION OVER THE ENTIRE SURFACE OF THE STRUCTURE BEING PROTECTED. THE ABSORBED ENERGY WOULD BE DISSIPATED BY A COMBINATION OF HEATING THE SHIELD STRUCTURE AND RADIATION FROM THE SURFACE OF THE SHIELD TO SPACE.
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.
- Additive Manufacturing of Heat Pipe Wicks
- Radar/EW Aperture Cold Plate Innovation for Increased Thermal Performance
- Innovative Heat Sink Technology for Application to Aircraft Systems
- Radar/EW Aperture Cold Plate Innovation for Increased Thermal Performance
- Durable Solution for Compressor Airfoil Leading Edges in Gas Turbine Engines
Research funding history
137 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1983–2014). Reported award amounts total $29,166,147. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Energy, Environmental Protection Agency, National Science Foundation