SBIR/STTR Research Award
Biomimetic production of Xanthommatin Biopigment for Thermally Functional UAV Coatings
Award amount
$172,988Program and phase
STTR · Phase IAward year
2022Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Army
- Recipient company
- Technology Holding, LLC
- Proposal award date
- 2022-05-13
- Contract end date
- 2022-12-30
- UEI
- U52NGYKN42H6
- Solicitation number
- 21.C
- Topic code
- A21C-T026
Research abstract
This program will develop a novel, low environment, safety, and occupational health (ESOH) risk coating system capable of mitigating the long wave infrared (LWIR) signature of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). This will be achieved through a first in class biosynthetic approach to graft the biosynthetic pathway of the bio-pigment xanthommatin into a microbial host. The pigment produced through this pathway will be used in conjunction with known low ESOH spray coating systems to prove the utility of this pigment to scatter LWIR electromagnetic radiation and reduce the overall LWIR signature of coated UAVs.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
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- High Energy Density Synthetic Fuel
- Novel Method to Produce Renewable JP10
- HoodLab - A system for neighborhood scale environmental data visualization, crowdsourcing and data exploration tool using edge processing for real-time updates
- Honeycomb Hollow Carbon Fiber Composites
- Innovative Method for Development of Hemp based Fabric
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Environmentally Friendly UAV Coatings for Thermal and IR Management
- Environmentally Friendly UAV Coatings for Thermal and IR Signature Management
Research funding history
138 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1983–2025). Reported award amounts total $44,688,257. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Agriculture