SBIR/STTR Research Award
FOR IMAGE INTENSIFIERS
Award amount
$50,053Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1986Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Army
- Recipient company
- TEXAS RESEARCH INSTITUTE , AUSTIN, INC.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- LM1NWMDNNQ18
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
THIS PROPOSAL DESCRIBES AN SBIR PROJECT TO INVESTIGATE ALTERNATIVE MATERIALS AND PROCESSING TECHNIQUES TO IMPROVE MOISTURE RESISTANCE CHARACTERISTICS OF IMAGE INTENSIFIERS. RELIABILITY OF IMAGE INTENSIFIERS IS NOW AFFECTED BY MOISTURE PENETRATION INTO THE INTENSIFIER ASSEMBLY, WHICH IS POTTED WITH RTV SILICONE. THE APPROACH PROPOSED IS TO INVESTIGATE COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE MATERIALS TO REPLACE THE SILICONE COMPOUNDS NOW USED. IN PARTICULAR, THIS PROJECT WILL DETERMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF USING POLYURETHANE AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO SILICONE. A MARKET SURVEY WILL BE CONDUCTED TO IDENTIFY MATERIALS WHICH MEET PROCESSING AND PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE IMAGE INTENSIFIER POTTING COMPOUND. METHODS TO IMPROVE ADHESION OF IMAGE INTENSIFIER COMPONENTS TO THE ENCAPSULANT WILL BE INVESTIGATED. ACCELERATED AGING TECHNIQUES WILL BE USED TO SCREEN POTENTIAL CANDIDATE MATERIALS UNDER SIMULATED SERVICE CONDITIONS IN THE LABORATORY. THE RESULT OF THIS EFFORT WILL BE RECOMMENDATION OF 3-5 MATERIALS FOR FURTHER TESTING.
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.
- Phase Reflectors as an In-Situ Passive, Unpowered, Wireless Structural Health Monitor for Lunar Excavation Vehicles
- Inspection of Bonded Composite Structures Through Fairing Materials
- Advanced Nondestructive Inspection System for Detection and Characterization of Corrosion under Thick Coatings
- Phase Change Materials for Enhanced Warfighter Survivability
- Vitrimer Patches to Repair Composite Parts with a Complex Shape in a Contested Environment
Research funding history
416 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1983–2025). Reported award amounts total $140,672,616. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Transportation, Department of Commerce, National Science Foundation, Department of Energy