SBIR/STTR Research Award
AFSD Material Development for GTE Applications
Award amount
$1,249,919Program and phase
SBIR · Phase II – Direct to Phase IIAward year
2025Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- ENGINEERING AND SOFTWARE SYSTEM SOLUTIONS, INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2025-05-23
- Contract end date
- 2027-02-23
- UEI
- X13SUGQE8VG6
- Solicitation number
- X25.5
- Topic code
- AFX255-DPCSO1
Research abstract
Maintaining the DoD fleet of aircraft requires replacement of components that are typically produced from castings and forgings. These replacement parts have long lead times and require minimum order quantities (MOQ) that far exceed the requirement. Additive Friction Stir Deposition (AFSD) enables printing near net shape form, with forging-like properties, which can then be machined to a component final geometry with minimal material waste. AFSD will greatly alleviate supply chain issues by enabling replacement of components that are difficult to source and will add flexibility to the industrial base production line, in accordance with E.O. 14017. Under this program, the ES3 team will utilize AFSD for manufacture of critical gas turbine engine components that are in short supply or difficult to procure; the technology/process enables the Air Force to remain ready amid the Great Power Competition (GPC).
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.
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Awards with the same topic code
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- Applying Automated Inline Inspection to Large Scale Braided Composite Preforms for High-Rate Production of Critical Components for Military and Commercial Aircraft
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Research funding history
110 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2007–2025). Reported award amounts total $101,039,446. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase II, Phase I, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense