SBIR/STTR Research Award
Internal Antireflection Coatings for Aerodynamic Missile Domes
Award amount
$803,875Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2020Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- STRUCTURED MATERIALS INDUSTRIES, INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2020-02-05
- Contract end date
- 2022-11-04
- UEI
- WMLSF59AE7E1
- Solicitation number
- 18.2
- Topic code
- N182-105
Research abstract
In this SBIR program, Structured Materials Industries, Inc. (SMI) is developing infrared (IR) antireflection (AR) coatings, which can be applied conformally to the interior of ogive shaped missile domes. SMI is developing the coating materials, the coating process, and the commercial coating equipment for implementation in Phase III. The coatings will provide optimum antireflection properties in the 3 to 5 µm wavelength range and will be stable through exposures to high temperature. SMI's coating process will enable gradation of the coating's optical properties along the length of the missile dome, to accommodate variations of the optical transmission angle from 0 to 60 degrees. In the Phase I project, SMI demonstrated material coatings on flat substrates. In the Phase II Option program, SMI is developing infrared (IR) antireflection (AR) coatings on the interior of ogive shaped missile domes. SMI is developing the coating materials, the coating process, hardware, and the coating.
Technology keywords
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Awards with the same topic code
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- Internal Antireflection Coatings for Aerodynamic Missile Domes
- Anti-Reflective Surface Structures for Missile Domes
- Internal Antireflection Coatings for Aerodynamic Missile Domes
- Highly Conformal, Infrared Antireflection Coatings for Aerodynamic Missile Domes
Research funding history
177 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1992–2024). Reported award amounts total $45,517,958. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Energy, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Science Foundation, Department of Commerce, Department of Homeland Security