SBIR/STTR Research Award
Novel Protective Satellite Coatings - Effects on Aerodynamics and Solar Panel Efficiency
Award amount
$74,887Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2024Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- ARRAY LABS, INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2023-12-21
- Contract end date
- 2024-03-22
- UEI
- Q6YPFD5YHMQ5
- Solicitation number
- X23.7
- Topic code
- AFX237-PCSO1
Research abstract
ĽAtomic Oxygen in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) erodes surfaces of satellites, increases drag, precludes active aero control ĽUltrathin sapphire coatings applied via ALD (atomic layer deposition) have the potential to reflect orbital Atomic Oxygen as opposed to absorbing it as traditional materials do This SBIR will explore the utility of a novel ultrathin sapphire as a protective coating and drag reduction method to support active aero control in LEO
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 Robust All-Weather 3D RADAR Algorithms with Immediate Warfighter Benefit
- Novel high peak power multi-function antennas for nanosats
- Next Generation Cubesat High Bandwidth Communications
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Penetration X-ray Inspection of Spacecraft
- AI Enhanced Battle Damage Assessment and Ballistic Prediction for Medium Range UAS
- ThinkOrbital TACFI
- Accurate Drone Localization Using Lighthouse's Innovative Computer Vision-Based Airspace Management System and Integrated RF Sniffing
- QuickSAT/SHERLOCK, An AI Architecture For In Situ Vehicle Monitoring, Vehicle Health Management and Fault Detection
Research funding history
4 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2024–2025). Reported award amounts total $3,819,420. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase II – Direct to Phase II, Phase I
Agencies: Department of Defense