SBIR/STTR Research Award
FastenerCam for Countersunk Holes in Support of Leveraging Residual Stress for Setting Inspection Intervals for Legacy Aircraft
Award amount
$49,994Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2021Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- TEXAS RESEARCH INSTITUTE , AUSTIN, INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2021-04-13
- Contract end date
- 2021-07-19
- UEI
- LM1NWMDNNQ18
- Solicitation number
- X21.1
- Topic code
- AF211-CSO1
Research abstract
In this Phase I effort, TRI Austin, Inc. and APESolutions, Inc. will extend the capabilities of the FastenerCam™ hand-held profilometer system to countersunk holes. This will allow FastenerCam™ to have full capabilities across straight-shank and countersunk holes to perform quality assurance of cold-expanded holes in metallic, legacy USAF weapon systems. A-10 has issued a letter of support for this effort, which would allow FastenerCam™ to be deployed as a QA/QC tool, allowing risk engineers to take full advantage of the compressive residual stress field slowing fatigue crack growth from fastener holes, extending inspection intervals, providing significant cost and schedule savings.
Technology keywords
Not reported
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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