SBIR/STTR Research Award

Lightweight Composite Spacecraft Shielding

Award identifier 88e3ceca38cb8e4fdb45103747372d5e3d04b769354174b4167fbf0dac31a553Awarding agency Department of Defense · Air Force

Award amount

$730,702

Program and phase

SBIR · Phase II

Award year

1997

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Award details

Awarding agency
Department of Defense
Branch
Air Force
Recipient company
ITN ENERGY SYSTEMS, INC.
Proposal award date
Not reported
Contract end date
Not reported
UEI
PPC3ZC9W3NJ3
Solicitation number
Not reported
Topic code
Not reported

Research abstract

Electronics shielding weight savings of 30 percent for Air Force spacecraft are possible using composite materials instead of aluminum boxes and aluminum skin. Designs balancing polymer matrix materials and high atomic number materials will be generated for Air Force missions in various orbits. Composite materials will be fabricated and then tested to verify radiation hardness and shielding of electronic components.| Benefits: Launch cost savings of up to $2M per launch can be realized for geosynchronous satellite missions.|

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.

Research funding history

96 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1995–2016). Reported award amounts total $24,219,549. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.

Phases: Phase I, Phase II

Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, Environmental Protection Agency

Agency intelligence

Department of Defense

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