SBIR/STTR Research Award
Carbon Foam Lightning and Thermal Protection System
Award amount
$2,003,044Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2020Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Missile Defense Agency
- Recipient company
- TOUCHSTONE RESEARCH LABORATORY, LTD.
- Proposal award date
- 2020-07-09
- Contract end date
- 2022-07-08
- UEI
- FBK3WT3XQVH8
- Solicitation number
- 14.2
- Topic code
- MDA14-014
Research abstract
Touchstone proposes to continue the development of an innovative combination of materials to provide protection from lightning and heat for large missile systems. Touchstone Research Laboratory (Touchstone) has been developing thermal protection system (TPS) concepts around its carbon foam product (CFOAM®) for several years. This material is a lightweight, high-temperature material with a low coefficient of thermal expansion and tailorable thermal conductivity and electrical resistivity. CFOAM can be easily combined with other materials to create a multi-layered system with additional protection from lightning and other threats. This sequential Phase II will build on the accomplishments of the Phase I and Phase II efforts and extend the technology readiness level and initiate design and process validation. Approved for Public Release | 20-MDA-10482 (18 May 20)
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.
- Lightweight Aluminum Composite Lifting Technologies
- MetPreg Fiber Reinforced Aluminum for Hard Upper Torso Spacesuit Components
- Faraday Shielding for Critical Infrastructure
- Establishing a Domestic Tungsten-Rhenium Wire Supply
- Lightweight Structures for Future Interceptors
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Grounding Multilayer Missile Coating for Lighting Strike Mitigation
- Weight Optimized Mitigation to Direct Effects of Lightning Strike on a Missile Body
- Grounding Multilayer Missile Coating for Lightning Strike Mitigation
- Carbon Foam Lightning and Thermal Protection System
- Weight Optimized Mitigation to Direct Effects of Lightning Strike on a Missile Body
Research funding history
104 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1998–2025). Reported award amounts total $38,514,559. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Energy, National Science Foundation