SBIR/STTR Research Award
A Novel NDE Instrument for Carbon-Carbon Materials for Hypersonic Applications
Award amount
$149,995Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2019Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- TDA RESEARCH, INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2019-08-06
- Contract end date
- 2020-08-06
- UEI
- MK5ANJVWVZK7
- Solicitation number
- 19.1
- Topic code
- AF191-111
Research abstract
Carbon-carbon (CC) materials are key to the development of hypersonic vehicles, and to maintaining the U.S. defensive edge through development of hypersonic missile systems. The production process for CC materials includes many high heat, high pressure cycles which can produce damage (voids, delaminations, incomplete fiber coating) to the part before it is even deployed for hypersonic flight. New non-destructive evaluation (NDE) instruments and methods are needed to assess manufacturing related damage in a production environment. These same NDE would be an integral part of assessing CC component health once deployed as well. To meet this need, TDA proposes a NDE technique based on of eddy current testing, where the flaws are detected with a portable, low-cost COTS receiver.
Technology keywords
Not reported
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Awards with the same topic code
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- Non-Destructive Evaluation (NDE) Techniques for Carbon-Carbon Structures Applicable to Hypersonic Structural Materials Production
- Non-destructive Evaluation (NDE) Techniques for Carbon-Carbon (C-C) Structures Applicable to Hypersonic Structural Materials Production
Research funding history
951 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1988–2026). Reported award amounts total $317,960,224. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Energy, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Environmental Protection Agency, National Science Foundation, Department of Health and Human Services