SBIR/STTR Research Award
RAILGUN BORE EROSION REDUCTION
Award amount
$526,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1990Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Missile Defense Agency
- Recipient company
- IAP RESEARCH, INC.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- WBU3RUKH8DY8
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
BORE EROSION AND DAMAGE ARE SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS THAT LIMIT THE USEFUL LIFE OF RAILGUNS AND ARE BASICALLY RELATED TO OPERATING CURRENT DENSITY. A RAILGUN CONCEPT IS BEING INVESTIGATED THAT IS EXPECTED TO REDUCE CURRENT DENSITY BY INCREASING THE RAIL CONTACT AREA. WHEN SUCCESSFUL, RAILGUN BARREL LIFE WOULD BE EXTENDED TO A MUCH HIGHER NUMBER OF SHOTS BETWEEN REFURBISHING/REPLACEMENT. MANY SHOTLIFE IS ESSENTIAL FOR PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF RAILGUNS IN WEAPON SYSTEMS.
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.
- SiC-Based High Voltage Capacitor Charging Innovations
- Field effects in processing lightweight materials with superior mechanical properties and microstructures
- Innovative, shock-load resistant Pulsed Power supply.
- Medium Voltage Direct Current (MVDC) Fault Detection, Localization, and Isolation
- Affordable Point of Use Conversion (PUC) Module for 400Hz Power System Applications
Research funding history
85 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1983–2017). Reported award amounts total $21,413,397. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Energy, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Science Foundation