SBIR/STTR Research Award
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT SHELTERS
Award amount
$49,500Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1987Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- A.i. Technology Inc
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
A NEW DESIGN CONCEPT FOR ELECTRONIC SHELTERS USING SOME OF THE ADVANCED MATERIALS SUCH AS CONDUCTIVE COMPOSITES, AND REINFORCED CONDUCTIVE SILICONE FABRICS WILL BE TESTED. THE MOST RELEVENT APPLICATION PARAMETERS SUCH AS CONDUCTIVITY OF THE COMPOSITES AND FABRICS, THE JOINING MECHANISM TO ENSURE ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY, THE FLEXIBILITY, THE TRANSPORTABILITY AND TOTAL SYSTEM WEIGHT WILL BE ADDRESSED IN DETAIL. THE GOAL IS TO DEVELOP A HIGHLY TRANSPORTABLE, LIGHT WEIGHT, DURABLE AND LOW MAINTENANCE SHELTERS TO PROTECT MILITARY ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT AGAINST ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE, AND TO ASSURE THE ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE SURVIVABILITY. IT IS EXPECTED THAT SUCH NEW SHELTER WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE MORE THAN 60 DB SHIELDING EFFECTIVENESS.
Technology keywords
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