SBIR/STTR Research Award
HIGH EFFICIENCY SEAM-BONDING FOR ORDERED POLYMER LIGHTER-THAN-AIR-STRUCTURES
Award amount
$65,245Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1989Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
- Recipient company
- FOSTER-MILLER, INC.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- XDF1FRDG8KK4
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
HEAVY, MULTI-PLY, LIMITED LIFE LIGHTER-THAN-AIR (LTA) VEHICLE SKINS COULD BE REPLACED WITH A HIGH STRENGTH/TOUGH, GAS IMPERMEABLE 2-PLY ORDERED POLYMER LAMINATE. THIS WOULD RESULT IN FACTORS OF 3 TO 10 REDUCTION IN LTA VEHICLE OR SKIN WEIGHT, WHICH WOULD TRANSLATE LINEARLY TO GREATER PAYLOAD AND RELATED PERFORMANCE. THE PROPOSED PHASE I PROGRAM WILL DEVELOP AN EFFICIENT, RELIABLE AND SIMPLE-TOFABRICATE ORDER POLYMER LTA SKIN JOINT. THIS JOINT AND THE FILM LAMINATE WILL BE VERIFIED BY TENSILE, IMPACT, FAA/NAVY RIP STOP, HANDLING AND GAS PERMEABILITY TESTS AS WELL AS A LONGER TERM UV TEST. A SUCCESSFUL TEST PROGRAM WILL FORM THE BASIS OF A PHASE II PROGRAM TO DESIGN, FABRICATE AND FLY AN ORDERED POLYMER AEROSTAT TO DEMONSTRATE ITS SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE.
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.
- Electromechanically and Sensor Enhanced Endoscopic Tools
- Novel Hydrogel-Based System for Hemorrhage Control
- Self-Assembling System for Targeted Nanodelivery of Proteins (STOP)
- Clean Burning Waste Gasifier to Produce Tar-Free Gas for Internal Combustion Engines
- High Temperature Ionic Liquid Lubricant for Advanced Aircraft Turbine Engines
Research funding history
924 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1983–2006). Reported award amounts total $172,256,128. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Energy, Department of Transportation, Environmental Protection Agency