SBIR/STTR Research Award
Shockless, Thermally Actuated Release Nut
Award amount
$69,829Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2002Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Missile Defense Agency
- Recipient company
- COMPOSITE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT, INC.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- X57TKFLL14E5
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
"Spacecraft require a variety of separation and release devices to accomplish mission-related functions. Composite Technology Development, Inc. and Starsys Research Corporation propose to develop and demonstrate an innovative, non-pyrotechnic, shocklessretention and release device called the Shockless Thermally Actuated Release Nut (STAR Nut). Reducing shock-induced release and separation loads dramatically lowers the overall cost of spacecraft design, testing, and operation. The proposed device willhave broad applicability to military, scientific and commercial spacecraft."
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.
- Microcrack-Resistant Resin Systems for Cryo-Compressed Hydrogen Storage
- Lightweight Type V All-Composite Hydrogen Pressure Vessels for Fuel Cell Powered Long-Duration Unmanned Systems
- Advanced Lightweight Hydrogen Fuel Tanks for UAS
- Demonstration of High Shear Strength Insulation for Fusion Applications
- Interface Control as a Means of Reducing Training in High Energy Physics Magnets
Research funding history
148 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1987–2024). Reported award amounts total $51,861,396. 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