SBIR/STTR Research Award
Nondestructive Detection of Flaws through Thick Polymers using Electromagnetic Imaging Technologies
Award amount
$1,699,991Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2023Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- TEXAS RESEARCH INSTITUTE , AUSTIN, INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2023-08-11
- Contract end date
- 2026-07-15
- UEI
- LM1NWMDNNQ18
- Solicitation number
- 21.1
- Topic code
- N211-062
Research abstract
TRI Austin, Iowa State University, and AVID R&D propose to develop a real-time, high resolution, microwave frequency imaging system for the inspection of the surface of a metallic substrate under thick polymer coatings. The imaging system will use synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imaging algorithms to generate high resolution images from raw microwave inspection data. Polymer specimens and metal substrate specimens with surface defects will be fabricated to test the imaging system during development. Additionally, the team plans to test the system on several U.S. Navy targets of interest before delivering a fully functional prototype system to the Navy at the end of the Phase II Option II period.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
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- Phase Reflectors as an In-Situ Passive, Unpowered, Wireless Structural Health Monitor for Lunar Excavation Vehicles
- Inspection of Bonded Composite Structures Through Fairing Materials
- Advanced Nondestructive Inspection System for Detection and Characterization of Corrosion under Thick Coatings
- Phase Change Materials for Enhanced Warfighter Survivability
- Vitrimer Patches to Repair Composite Parts with a Complex Shape in a Contested Environment
Awards with the same topic code
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- Nondestructive Detection of Flaws through Thick Polymers using Electromagnetic Imaging Technologies
- Nondestructive Detection of Flaws through Thick Polymers using Electromagnetic Imaging Technologies
Research funding history
416 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1983–2025). Reported award amounts total $140,672,616. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Transportation, Department of Commerce, National Science Foundation, Department of Energy