SBIR/STTR Research Award
Fuel Cell Phase I Qualification and UH-1Y Crashworthy Prototypes
Award amount
$1,497,108Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2019Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Defense Logistics Agency
- Recipient company
- Response Technologies, LLC
- Proposal award date
- 2019-08-06
- Contract end date
- 2021-08-05
- UEI
- DK4BK6TLLN45
- Solicitation number
- 18.2
- Topic code
- DLA182-001
Research abstract
There are over 123 UH-1Y aircraft in service today, each equipped with five internal fuel cells, with an average cost of $15k per fuel cell. The current supply chain for UH-1Y fuel cells is not able to meet delivery nor quality requirements, which has resulted in a significant force readiness issue. With this SBIR Phase II proposal, Response Technologies (RT) aims to: 1) “Phase I Qualify” a construction to MIL-DTL-27422F and to NAVAIR’s specific procurement requirements, and 2) Prototype the five fuel cells and perform initial testing on those fuel cells. RT has a novel Additive Manufacturing fuel cell process with proven testing results. RT’s team has direct product and market experience with a clear path to commercialization.
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.
- Manufacturing and Validation Development of RF Reflector
- Additively Manufactured A-10 Fuel Cells
- Rotorcraft Fuel Bladder Weight and Total Ownership Cost Reduction
- Low-Density, Low-Volume Explosion Suppression Material for Aircraft Fuel Tanks
- Rotorcraft Fuel Bladder Weight and Total Ownership Cost Reduction
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
Research funding history
11 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2015–2021). Reported award amounts total $6,898,669. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase II, Phase I
Agencies: Department of Defense