SBIR/STTR Research Award
Nondestructive Inspection for Airworthiness Approvals for Cold Spray Repairs
Award amount
$1,249,998Program and phase
SBIR · Phase II – Direct to Phase IIAward year
2024Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- TEXAS RESEARCH INSTITUTE , AUSTIN, INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2024-08-15
- Contract end date
- 2026-05-15
- UEI
- LM1NWMDNNQ18
- Solicitation number
- X24.6
- Topic code
- AFX246-DPCSO1
Research abstract
Metal cold spray (CS) is an additive manufacturing technology that can be used in production and more commonly in maintenance and repair of metallic structures. Lockheed Martin Company (LMCO) and the Boeing Company (Boeing) have collaborated under the Air Force Metals Affordability Initiative to demonstrate a specific cold spray process for adding material for improved structural performance of fatigue critical structure on the F-35. TRI Austin in collaboration with LMCO and Boeing propose to develop and demonstrate the nondestructive inspection (NDI) techniques to prove initial quality assurance and to maintain acceptable risk of cold spray modified structures per the Air Force standards for airworthiness per the Aircraft Structural Integrity Program (ASIP) MIL-STD-1530D.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
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- 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
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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