SBIR/STTR Research Award
Ultra-Lightweight Nickel Foam-Graphene Composites for EMI/EMP Shielding
Award amount
$179,605Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2024Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- SPECTRAL ENERGIES LLC
- Proposal award date
- 2024-03-08
- Contract end date
- 2024-09-12
- UEI
- C3DAVH4VJDG3
- Solicitation number
- 23.3
- Topic code
- AF233-0036
Research abstract
As part of the SBIR topic AF233-0036, the Department of the Air Force (DAF) is seeking robust and resilient solutions to overcome Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) threats, protecting people, critical infrastructure, and military capabilities. DAF is looking to support research and development of new materials, such as nanocomposites and metamaterials, that demonstrate exceptional EMP shielding properties and can be integrated into electronic devices and infrastructure. Spectral Energies (SE), working with University of Dayton (UD), proposes to develop and commercialize an ultra-lightweight carbon-based nanostructure composite shielding material that can defend against Electromagnetic Interferences (EMI) and Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP). To this end, we will develop a low-cost and mass-production scale manufacturing by a one-step cold compression process at room temperature of flexible yet strong nickel foam and graphene composite (NFG) sheets.
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.
- Development of a Hybrid Optical Sensor for Off-Axis Laser Threat Detection and Classification
- Turbulent boundary layer (TBL) Drag Reduction Flight Demonstration via Dielectric Barrier Discharge Plasma Actuators
- An Open, Modular, and Standardized Testing Architecture for Alternative Navigation Technology relevant to Hypersonic and Supersonic Platforms
- Novel 2D plasma actuator for rotating detonation augmentors
- NanoSPARC: High-Speed Additive Manufacturing for LWIR Meta-Optics
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- EMP Protection for AFGSC Generators and HVAC Equipment
- EMP Shielding
- EMP Hardened Cover
- Electromagnetic Shielding with Vitreous Carbon Foam
- EMP Shielding
Research funding history
272 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2007–2026). Reported award amounts total $120,780,215. 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 Energy, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Agriculture