SBIR/STTR Research Award
CLAD: Compound Lever-Actuated Dead Man Switch for Blast Nozzles
Award amount
$141,056Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2020Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- Welkins, LLC
- Proposal award date
- 2019-11-21
- Contract end date
- 2020-11-21
- UEI
- CH99JX4FTLN6
- Solicitation number
- 19.2
- Topic code
- AF192-063
Research abstract
Compound lever-actuated dead man (CLAD) with simple, rugged design that proffers a myriad of benefits to plastic media blast (PBM) operators, including: reduced grip force to initiate and maintain activation; ergonomic, adjustable grip for enhanced comfort; and rugged construction capable of 100+ repeated 48-inch vertical drops and >500 hours’ cumulative use.
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.
- Thermoelectric Cranial Cooling Collar (TEC-3)
- Non-Pyro Battlefield Effects Replication
- Naval Special Warfare (NSW) Diver Thermal Human Interface
- Naval Special Warfare (NSW) Diver Thermal Human Interface
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Ergonomic Shutoff for Plastic Media Blast Operation
- Ergonomic Shutoff for Plastic Media Blast Operation
Research funding history
5 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2015–2021). Reported award amounts total $1,500,200. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense