SBIR/STTR Research Award
RED-2U Recoverable TPS Testbed
Award amount
$49,810Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2019Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- SPACEWORKS ENTERPRISES INC
- Proposal award date
- 2019-08-02
- Contract end date
- 2020-08-02
- UEI
- F4J9NKV7M7T8
- Solicitation number
- 19.2
- Topic code
- AF192-001
Research abstract
SpaceWorks proposes to adapt its existing RED-Data2 and RED-4U reentry capsules to be “sharper� and more capable of supporting high heat rate flight testing for new thermal protection (TPS) materials. The proposed RED-2U configuration will enable TPS materials research in actual hypersonic flight at elevated heat rates and heat loads. RED-2U will be recoverable on land to allow post-mission inspect of the TPS samples.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
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Research funding history
33 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2005–2025). Reported award amounts total $22,311,452. 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