SBIR/STTR Research Award
Quasi-Conformal Ionized PVD Coatings Using HiPIMS Deposition And Etching For Complex 3D Additive Manufacturing Refractory Alloys
Award amount
$1,250,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase II – Direct to Phase IIAward year
2023Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- STARFIRE INDUSTRIES, LLC
- Proposal award date
- 2023-09-18
- Contract end date
- 2025-12-01
- UEI
- GZ2MY2S55JW9
- Solicitation number
- 22.4
- Topic code
- AF224-D014
Research abstract
This D2P2 program plans to explore a new refractory coating technology to successfully coat additively manufactured (AM) C103 components that exhibit variability in surface roughness, 3D geometrical complexity and build orientation with precision-engineer
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
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- Replacing Co-60 with Retrofit Low-Cost DC Electron Linacs for Pallet-Level X-Ray Irradiation for Existing Facilities
- PVD manufacturing process for inner protective liners enabling advanced cladding compositions to reduce fuel-cladding chemical interactions, corrosion and permeation
- In-Line Metrology for Real-Time Manufacturing of Thin-Film PVD ATF Coatings Using IMPULSE« HiPIMS + Positive Kick┐
- Downhole Wireline PGNAA Elemental Analysis Probe Using nGen«
- Multilayer Thin-Film Coatings for Titanium Electrolyzer Bipolar Plates Using Next-Generation Quasi-Conformal PVD with Precision Ion Energy Control
Awards with the same topic code
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Research funding history
61 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2003–2025). Reported award amounts total $32,483,674. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Energy, Department of Defense, National Science Foundation, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Homeland Security