SBIR/STTR Research Award
ADVANCED METAL ARMATURE DEVELOPMENT
Award amount
$283,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1987Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Missile Defense Agency
- Recipient company
- IAP RESEARCH, INC.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- WBU3RUKH8DY8
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
THE EFFICIENCY OF RAILGUN LAUNCHERS IS A KEY ISSUE IN BOTH THE SIZE AND LIFE OF RAILGUN SYSTEMS. PLASMA ARMATURES ARE A MAJOR ENERGY LOSS COMPONENT AND PRODUCE SEVERE BORE EROSION. METAL ARMATURES OFFER INCREASED EFFICIENCY AND REDUCED BARREL EROSION IN SOME REGIMES OF OPERATION. THIS PROGRAM ADDRESSES THE USE OF ADVANCED COMPOSITE MATERIALS IN ARMATURES. THE GOAL IS TO PROVIDE HIGHLY EFFICIENT ARMATURES WHICH PRODUCE MINIMAL BARREL DAMAGE AT PERFORMANCE LEVELS OF INTEREST IN STRATEGIC 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.
- SiC-Based High Voltage Capacitor Charging Innovations
- Field effects in processing lightweight materials with superior mechanical properties and microstructures
- Innovative, shock-load resistant Pulsed Power supply.
- Medium Voltage Direct Current (MVDC) Fault Detection, Localization, and Isolation
- Affordable Point of Use Conversion (PUC) Module for 400Hz Power System Applications
Research funding history
85 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1983–2017). Reported award amounts total $21,413,397. 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