SBIR/STTR Research Award
3D Printed, Low-Cost, Radiation Hardened, CubeSats for Beyond-LEO Optical Imaging Missions
Award amount
$1,249,927Program and phase
SBIR · Phase II – Direct to Phase IIAward year
2023Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- ORBITAL COMPOSITES, INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2023-08-15
- Contract end date
- 2024-08-08
- UEI
- HBN9NPNCPTU9
- Solicitation number
- 22.4
- Topic code
- SF224-D027
Research abstract
Our innovative approach will combine several technical innovations to produce a low-cost; lightweight; radiation shielded, and athermal CubeSat cis-lunar imaging telescope solution: 1) robotic additive- manufactured; zero-CTE, continuous-carbon-fiber st
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
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- Continuous Fiber Additive Manufacturing for Rapid Prototyping and Demonstration of Small UAS Designs
- Additively Manufactured Carbon-Carbon/Silicon Carbide Reusable Thermal Protection System.
- 10x Faster and Lower Cost Manufacturing of Carbon/Carbon Composites for Hypersonics
- Stealth Communication via 3D-Printed Quantum Field Antennas
- Low Cost, Versatile Robotic ISAM Platform for Service, Assembly and Manufacturing of Antennas
Awards with the same topic code
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Research funding history
9 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2021–2024). Reported award amounts total $7,292,209. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II – Direct to Phase II, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense