SBIR/STTR Research Award
ICME-informed DED Additive manufacturing for NSN 4820-00-483-0679
Award amount
$999,500Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2023Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Defense Logistics Agency
- Recipient company
- MRL MATERIALS RESOURCES LLC
- Proposal award date
- 2023-08-30
- Contract end date
- 2024-08-30
- UEI
- L9FGFCL63WL3
- Solicitation number
- 22.2
- Topic code
- DLA222-001
Research abstract
Shortage of spare parts for our U.S. Navy assets can be costly as shown last year when the U.S. Navy to resort to a partial “spare parts cannibalism” for the newest carrier USS Gerald R. Ford that worth $13 billion. Through our communication with the Navy customer (NSWC Philadelphia ISEAs ) during phase I of the project, we became aware of another issue which threaten our current Navy assets. That is the presence of a family of bronze valves that do not meet revised OSHA requirements for lead levels in potable water. Our success in phase I to produce valve components using DED of NAB, we are proposing in phase II to continue expanding in that effort by replacing the higher lead composition with NAB. In our phase II proposal below, we will discuss the plan to produce and qualify some of these valves for Navy use.
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.
- ICME-Driven Software for the Deposition of Functionally Graded Materials
- Maturing CuNi and NAB Alloys for Wire Laser Additive Manufacturing
- Agile Manufacturing of Segmented Scramjet Nozzles
- Lightweight Rapid Alloy Development and Fabrication using ICME based Optimization
- ICME-informed DED Additive manufacturing for NSN 4820-01-645-6088
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Supporting USAF AFMC AFLCMC/WBZ Critical Supply Chain for B2-Spirit on DX critical obsolescence and MICAP parts.
- Parts Life, Inc. Proposal_NSN 4610-01-022-9970
- Engaging the Manufacturing Indutrial Base in Support of DLA Critical Supply Chains
- Evaporative Casting for Aluminum Plug Tube Fitting
- Reverse Engineering and New Source Development for various RPPOB Items
Research funding history
42 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2010–2025). Reported award amounts total $19,424,359. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense