SBIR/STTR Research Award
SUPPRESSION OF COMBAT VEHICLES
Award amount
$312,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1989Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- Area Therm Corp.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
ATC PROPOSES TO THERMALLY SUPPRESS A COMBAT VEHICLE OF THE MARINES' CHOICE. ATC SUBMITS THAT THE PROPOSED DESIGN NOT ONLY WILL DEMONSTRATE EXCELLENT THERMAL SUPPRESSION, BUT POSSIBLY MAY BE THE BEST DAY AND NIGHT PERFORMING SUPPRESSOR ON THE MARKET TODAY OR IN THE NEAR FUTURE. ATC HAS USED ITS TECHNOLOGY TO SUPPRESS OPERATING MIL-STD ENGINE-GENERATOR SETS TO NEAR PERFECT SUPPRESSION. THERE IS NO TECHNICAL IMPEDIMENT TO APPLYING THE TECHNOLOGY TO MARINE VEHICLES. SINCE PHASE I IS LIMITED IN SCOPE, ATC PROPOSES TO SUPPRESS A VEHICLE FROM ONE VIEW ANGLE. ATC WILL BUILD THE SUPPRESSORS, MOUNT THEM ON THE VEHICLE, FIELD TEST THEM AND WRITE A FINAL REPORT.
Technology keywords
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