SBIR/STTR Research Award
3D Printed Ceramic Matrix Composites for Hypersonics
Award amount
$999,692Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2020Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Missile Defense Agency
- Recipient company
- MANTIS COMPOSITES INC
- Proposal award date
- 2020-07-30
- Contract end date
- 2022-01-29
- UEI
- MKHDHZVD1LL8
- Solicitation number
- 19
- Topic code
- Non-DOD
Research abstract
Mantis Composites supplies weight saving components for high performance systems. We have designed a manufacturing pipeline for carbon fiber 3D printed polymer matrix composites (PMC) parts with full process control. The primary objective of this Phase II SBIR is to address new markets by converting our PMC components to ceramic matrix composites (CMCs), resulting in a rapid manufacturing method for intricate continuous fiber Carbon-Carbon (C-C) and Carbon-Silicon Carbide (C-SiC) components. This method will enable production of novel geometries in less time than existing methods, with comparable char yields to existing C-C production techniques. Approved for Public Release 19-MDA-10203 (4 Sep 19)
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 Continuous Fiber Ablative Propulsion Elements
- 3D Printed Carbon/Carbon Aeroshell
- 3D Printed Ablative Re-Entry Vehicle Heat Shields
- 3D Printed C/C-SiC for Scramjet Combustors
- Production, Testing, and Production Analysis of 3D Printed Carbon/Carbon Frusta
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Low-Cost MCM Sound Velocity Profiler Based on MASED
- Development of an Integrated Tip Timing/ Radar Probe System
- Manufacture of Monolithic Telescope with a Freeform Surface
- Innoflight Middleware System (IMS)
- Composite Hot Structures with Oxidation Protection
Research funding history
12 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2017–2025). Reported award amounts total $9,474,345. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Science Foundation, National Aeronautics and Space Administration