SBIR/STTR Research Award
Small, Heavy Fuel, Compression Ignition Small UAV Engines
Award amount
$98,900Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2003Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
- Recipient company
- Sensintel Inc.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- TKTAE1Q7ZPL8
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
The goal of this proposed DARPA SBIR project is to design, build and test a high efficiency 2 cycle ceramic/polymer engine that will run on JP-8 fuel with a self-contained onboard starter generator. The engine system will ncorporate a ceramic piston,cylinder, and head with lightweight polymer engine casing. The use of high wear thermally insulating ceramics will greatly eliminate the need for lubricant additives and allow for a lightweight polymer casing thus reducing engine weight by as much as 40%.Commercial markets include application in small UAV;s, small gas powered landscaping tools, model airplane industry, go-carts and mini-bikes.
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.
- Telemetry for Massive Data Transfer and Storage
- Magnetically-quiet Expendable Sono-Launched Unmanned Aircraft System (MESL UAS)
- Low Cost Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)
- Polymer Matrix Composite Materials for Lightning Strike Mitigation
- Scaled Model Technology for Flight Research of General Aviation Aircraft
Research funding history
109 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1991–2015). Reported award amounts total $25,094,742. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Science Foundation, Department of Agriculture, Department of Energy