SBIR/STTR Research Award
AIR-FREE KEVLAR/URETHANE COMPOSITES
Award amount
$450,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1986Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- TEXAS RESEARCH INSTITUTE , AUSTIN, INC.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- LM1NWMDNNQ18
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
THE GOAL OF THIS PROGRAM IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF ONE OR MORE METHODS (APPLICABLE TO MANUFACTURING) WHICH ALLOW THE COMPLETE SATURATION OF LARGE (140 MIL DIAMETER) KEVLAR CORD WITH A POLYURETHANE RESIN. TASKS WILL INCLUDE THE SELECTION OF MATERIALS AND PROCESSING (ALREADY COMPLETED), A REVIEW OF ALTERNATE, MORE ADVANCED RESIN SYSTEMS, INVESTIGATION OF NDE METHODS TO MONITOR SUCCESS, LABORATORY IMPREGNATION AND OPTIMIZATION OF SIX TECHNIQUES AND, FINALLY, EVALUATION OF SAMPLES FROM EACH 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.
- Phase Reflectors as an In-Situ Passive, Unpowered, Wireless Structural Health Monitor for Lunar Excavation Vehicles
- Inspection of Bonded Composite Structures Through Fairing Materials
- Advanced Nondestructive Inspection System for Detection and Characterization of Corrosion under Thick Coatings
- Phase Change Materials for Enhanced Warfighter Survivability
- Vitrimer Patches to Repair Composite Parts with a Complex Shape in a Contested Environment
Research funding history
416 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1983–2025). Reported award amounts total $140,672,616. 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 Transportation, Department of Commerce, National Science Foundation, Department of Energy