SBIR/STTR Research Award
Lightweight Structural Components of a Missile Body
Award amount
$979,263Program and phase
STTR · Phase IIAward year
2019Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Missile Defense Agency
- Recipient company
- TEXAS RESEARCH INSTITUTE , AUSTIN, INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2019-09-19
- Contract end date
- 2021-09-18
- UEI
- LM1NWMDNNQ18
- Solicitation number
- 17.C
- Topic code
- MDA17-T004
Research abstract
A significant weight reduction on missile platforms could increase maneuverability of the payload and allow more capable payloads. High temperature composite materials offer the means by which low cost and lighter weight missile structures can be achieved. 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.
- Phase Reflectors as an In-Situ Passive, Unpowered, Wireless Structural Health Monitor for Lunar Excavation Vehicles
- Inspection of Bonded Composite Structures Through Fairing Materials
- Advanced Nondestructive Inspection System for Detection and Characterization of Corrosion under Thick Coatings
- Phase Change Materials for Enhanced Warfighter Survivability
- Vitrimer Patches to Repair Composite Parts with a Complex Shape in a Contested Environment
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Thin-Ply Composite Missile Structures
- Lightweight Magnesium Components of a Missile Body
- Lightweight Structural Components of a Missile Body
- Lightweight Structural Components of a Missile Body
Research funding history
416 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1983–2025). Reported award amounts total $140,672,616. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Transportation, Department of Commerce, National Science Foundation, Department of Energy