SBIR/STTR Research Award
Anti-icing Coating for Fixed-Wing UAV and Rotary-Wing eVTOL Aircraft
Award amount
$74,507Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2024Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- SURFTEC LLC
- Proposal award date
- 2023-12-11
- Contract end date
- 2024-03-15
- UEI
- EQ5TMWDRJEM3
- Solicitation number
- X23.7
- Topic code
- AFX237-PCSO1
Research abstract
SurfTec has developed a permanent, protective coating technology that reduces ice accumulation and ice adhesion by over 70%. Our anti-icing/icephobic coating combines micro and nano-scale hierarchical structures with a pattern of hydrophobic and hydrophilic nodes to create a surface that prevents ice nucleation and accumulation from large and small water droplet precipitation as well as water vapor. This novel technology can improve payload capacity and maneuverability of UAV/eVTOL aircraft in cold weather conditions.
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.
- ANTI-ICING COATING FOR FIXED-WING UAV AND ROTARY-WING EVTOL AIRCRAFT
- SBIR Phase II: Low friction and high durability PTFE nanoparticle composite coating for bearings
- SBIR Phase I: Low friction and high durability PTFE nanoparticle composite coating for bearings
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
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Research funding history
4 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2016–2024). Reported award amounts total $2,299,281. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase II, Phase I
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Science Foundation