SBIR/STTR Research Award
SIMPLIFIED COMPOSITE STRUCTURE JOINING TECHNIQUES FOR SPACE APPLICATIONS
Award amount
$49,498Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1987Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Army
- Recipient company
- AEROVIRONMENT, INC.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- YJG1MDHLBC88
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
THE POTENTIAL FOR USING COMPOSITE MATERIALS IN CONSTRUCTING SPACE STATION ENVIRONMENTS APPEARS TO BE DESIRABLE DUE TO THE SUBSTANTIAL PAYLOAD WEIGHT SAVINGS OF POLYMER COMPOSITES, AS COMPARED TO MOVING MORE CONVENTIONAL MATERIALS FROM EARTH. IN THE HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT OF SPACE, JOINTS MUST BE HIGHLY STABLE AND RELIABLE, AS WELL AS BEING SIMPLE TO MANUFACTURE. CURRENT TECHNIQUES FOR JOINING, AS USED HERE ON EARTH, MAY NOT BE APPROPRIATE OR MAY BE OVER-DESIGNED FOR USE IN SPACE. THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THESE SPACE STRUCTURES ARE LIGHT WEIGHT, HIGH RIGIDITY, ENVIRONMENTAL DURABILITY, AND EASE OF ASSEMBLY. THE PROPOSED EFFORT IS TO DEVELOP THE SIMPLEST POSSIBLE JOINING TECHNIQUE WHICH MEETS THESE GOALS.
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.
- Long Endurance Fuel Cell System for Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
- Marine Portable Power Unit
- Miniature Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (MUAV)
- Long Endurance Fuel Cell System for Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
- High Power Density, and Efficient on Board Auxiliary Power Generation System
Research funding history
58 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1985–2007). Reported award amounts total $21,420,311. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Energy, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Science Foundation, Department of Agriculture