SBIR/STTR Research Award
LIGHTWEIGHT FLEXIBLE COMPOSITE TENT MATERIALS
Award amount
$250,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1993Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Army
- Recipient company
- Orcon Corp.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
FABRICS FOR ARMY TENTS ARE CURRENTLY BEING MADE OF COATED FABRICS. THE REQUIREMENTS OF THESE MATERIALS ARE LIGHTWEIGHT, HIGH STRENGTH, FIRE RESISTANT, WATER RESISTANT, AND WEATHER RESISTANT. A COMPOSITE MATERIAL OF FILM OR NONWOVEN LENDS ITSELF TO THIS APPLICATION AT A LOWER WEIGHT AND HIGHER STRENGTH THAN COATED FABRICS. A STUDY WILL BE PERFORMED OF THE CURRENT MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGIES AVAILABLE FOR ARMY TENT FABRICS. AN ANALYSIS OF MATERIALS APPROPRIATE FOR A LIGHTWEIGHT COMPOSITE WILL BE CHOSEN FOR PROTOTYPE SAMPLES. THE DATA FROM THE LITERATURE AND PRODUCT TESTING WILL BE EVALUATED AND SEVERAL MATERIALS WILL BE RECOMMENDED BASED ON WEIGHT, COST, AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES.
Technology keywords
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