SBIR/STTR Research Award
HIGH-ACCURACY INFLATABLE REFLECTORS --PHASE I (LIP-182)
Award amount
$488,847Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1984Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- L'GARDE, INC.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- LEUWTPVHDXA8
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
THE ABILITY TO BUILD INFLATABLE PARABOLOID REFLECTORS WITH A SURFACE RMS ACCURACY OF 0.76MM HAS BEEN DEMONSTRATED. THE MAJOR SOURCE OF ERROR IS THE STIFF SEAMS NEEDED WHEN LARGE REFLECTORS ARE MADE. THIS PROGRAM WILL EXAMINE METHODS OF IMPROVING THE SEAM CONFIGURATION TO REDUCE SURFACE ERROR TO 0.1MM OR LESS. LABORATORY CONSTRUCTION AND TESTING OF CANDIDATE SEAMS IN THIN FILM WILL BE NEEDED TO EVALUATE THE CONCEPTS. A VARIETY OF CONCEPTS, MANY OBTAINED DURING A SURVEY OF FLIM MANUFACTURERS, WILL BE EXPLORED, AND THE MOST PROMISING IDENTIFIED.
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.
- Bolt-On Capture Detumble Deorbit Device
- SOLSTICE Test Program
- Deployable Capture Device for Orbit Debris
- Lightweight and Low Stow Volume Solar Concentrator for Lunar Based In-Situ Resource Utilization
- Design Tool for Highly Accurate Shape and Structural Evaluation of Space Antennas and Structures made with Tailorable Composites - SMART
Research funding history
67 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1983–2025). Reported award amounts total $21,901,140. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Energy, Department of Commerce