SBIR/STTR Research Award
Automated Fabrication of High Temperature CMC TPS Materials
Award amount
$150,000Program and phase
STTR · Phase IAward year
2023Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Missile Defense Agency
- Recipient company
- NANOSONIC INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2022-11-23
- Contract end date
- 2023-05-22
- UEI
- ZK7ECNMN7MM5
- Solicitation number
- 22.B
- Topic code
- MDA22-T012
Research abstract
NanoSonic will work with Penn State to develop inexpensive automated manufacturing processes for the production of ceramic matrix composite thermal protective system materials with high temperature thermal performance and high thermal insulation propertiesWe will fabricate materials using automated robotic production methods, and perform testing, including high energy irradiation at Penn State’s High Energy Laboratory. The proposed manufacturing techniques only require material processing at 400°C which will reduce TPS cost. Automated additive manufacturing will also allow the reproducible production of identical materials and structures of different sizes and shapes. NanoSonic will work with a major US aerospace manufacturer of hypersonic vehicles. Approved for Public Release | 22-MDA-11339 (13 Dec 22)
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.
- 3D Printed Bimetallic Structures for Radio Frequency Devices, Topic 34a
- Photovoltaic and Thermoelectric Energy Harvesting for Satellites
- HybridSilÆ Underwater Curing Adhesive for Acoustically Transparent Applications
- Insulative Acoustic Composite Materials for Oxygen-Rich Environments
- Radiation and H2 Durable Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Fuel Element Insulator
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Additive Manufacturing of TPS Materials
- Additively Manufactured Ceramic Syntactic Foams
- Additive Manufacturing of Structural Insulators
Research funding history
469 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1998–2026). Reported award amounts total $155,330,549. 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 Energy, National Science Foundation, Department of Transportation, Environmental Protection Agency