SBIR/STTR Research Award
NUCLEAR THREATS
Award amount
$49,939Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1986Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Defense Threat Reduction Agency
- Recipient company
- ULTRAMET
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- N8ZRMWX85NZ6
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION (CVD) IS A UNIQUE TECHNOLOGY FOR FABRICATING MATERIALS WHICH CAN PROVIDE EXTERNAL PROTECTION FROM LASER AND OTHER DIRECTED ENERGY SOURCES AS WELL AS KINETIC ENERGY HARDENING AND NUCLEAR RADIATION PROTECTION FOR ELECTRONICS. IT HAS ALREADY BEEN DEMONSTRATED THAT ULTRAMET'S A200 COATING FABRICATED BY CVD IS THE "HARDES" MATERIAL TESTED TO DATE UNDER LASER RADIATION. IN THIS PROGRAM ULTRAMET PROPOSES TO DEMONSTRATE THE FEASIBILITY OF FABRICATING GRADED-Z MATERIALS WHICH WILL PROVIDE NUCLEAR RADIATION HARDENING AND COAT THEM WITH A200 FOR LASER PROTECTION. LASER TESTING WILL DEMONSTRATE THE EFFICACY OF THIS APPROACH.
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.
- Thin, Flexible Oxidation-Resistant Coatings for 3D-Woven Carbon Fabric TPS Materials
- High-Performance Deorbit Engine with Minimal Power Requirements, Phase II
- Highly Insulating Structures for Thermal Preservation of Sample Return Mission Samples
- High-Density Scintillation Detector Materials
- Lightweight Zirconium Carbide Insulation for High Temperature Space Nuclear Propulsion Systems
Research funding history
380 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1983–2025). Reported award amounts total $105,154,309. 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 Energy, National Science Foundation, Department of Transportation, Department of Health and Human Services