SBIR/STTR Research Award
LIGHT WEIGHT FLEXIBLE COMPOSITE CAMOUFLAGE MATERIAL
Award amount
$49,468Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1990Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Army
- Recipient company
- Orcon Corp.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
CAMOUFLAGE SCREENS AND NETS ARE CURRENTLY BEING MADE OF COATED FABRICS AND FOILS. THE REQUIREMENTS OF THESE MATERIALS ARE SIGNATURE ALTERATION OF VISUAL, INFRARED, AND RADAR AS WELL AS BEING LOW COST, LIGHT WEIGHT, HIGH TENSILE, AND WEATHER RESISTANT. A COMPOSITE MATERIAL OF FILM OR NONWOVEN LENDS ITSELF THIS APPLICATION AT A LOWER WEIGHT AND HIGHER STRENGTH THAN COATED FABRICS OF FOILS. A STUDY WILL BE PERFORMED OF THE CURRENT MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGIES AVAILABLE FOR CAMOUFLAGE MATERIALS. AN ANALYSIS OF MATERIALS APPROPRIATE FOR A LIGHT WEIGHT COMPOSITE WILL BE CHOSEN FOR PROTOTYPES SAMPLES. THE DATA FROM THE LITERATURE AND PRODUCT TESTING WILL BE EVALUATED AND SEVERAL MATERIALS WILL BE RECOMMENDED FOR CAMOUFLAGE SCREENS AND NETS BASED ON WEIGHT, COST, PHYSICAL PROPERTIES, AND SIGNATURE ALTERATION OF VISUAL THROUGH MICROWAVE.
Technology keywords
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