SBIR/STTR Research Award
Additive Manufacturing of a Structural Thermal Protection System for Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD)
Award amount
$1,989,519Program and phase
SBIR · Phase II – Direct to Phase IIAward year
2025Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Missile Defense Agency
- Recipient company
- SHEPRA, INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2025-09-30
- Contract end date
- 2027-09-29
- UEI
- Q5H9FDJSSP35
- Solicitation number
- 24.2
- Topic code
- MDA242-D008
Research abstract
The result of the proposal will be the development of a dual use air vehicle structural component with integrated thermal protection system for hypersonic application. The target application will be the midbody aeroshell for the THAAD rocket system. This program will utilize materials, processes and modeling and simulations tools developed under Air Force Phase II STTR 21B-TCSO1. Approved for Public Release | 25-MDA-12052 (27 Mar 25)
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.
- Additive Manufacturing of Haynes 230 Carbon Nanotube Metal Matrix Composites for Propulsion Applications
- Additive Manufacturing of carbon nanotube metal matrix composites for dual use applications
- Additive Manufacturing of Hypersonic Thermal Protection Systems
- Additive Manufacturing of Carbon Nanotube Metal Matrix Composites
- Additive Manufacturing of Materials for Hypersonic and Space Applications
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
Research funding history
12 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2016–2025). Reported award amounts total $8,369,288. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense