SBIR/STTR Research Award
LIGHTWEIGHT LOW VOLUME INTEGRATED SPACECRAFT STRUCTURES AND ENERGY STORAGE
Award amount
$49,949Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1990Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Army
- Recipient company
- Innovations Solutions From Adv
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
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- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
A RECENT BREAKTHROUGH IN THERMOPLASTIC MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY NOW PERMITS PRACTICAL, LIGHTWEIGHT, LOW VOLUME INTEGRATED STRUCTURE/ ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS TO BE FABRICATED. THESE MATERIALS WILL PERMIT SPACECRAFT WEIGHT AND VOLUME SAVINGS WHICH ARE NOT POSSIBLE WITH ANY OTHER SEPARATE STRUCTURE/SECONDARY BATTERY COMBINATION WHICH IS NOW UNDER CONSIDERATION. THIS PROPOSAL DESCRIBES A PHASE I CONCEPT FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS AND MATERIAL LABORATORY DEMONSTRATION. PHASE II WILL DEMONSTRATE THE FEASIBILITY AND PAYOFFS OF A PROTOTYPE INTEGRATED "POWER STRUCTURE."
Technology keywords
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