SBIR/STTR Research Award
Advanced, Low-Erosion Electrode Technologies for Arcjet Testing
Award amount
$749,937Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2019Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- TRITON SYSTEMS, INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2019-01-28
- Contract end date
- 2021-01-28
- UEI
- DA91DUWSMSQ7
- Solicitation number
- 17.1
- Topic code
- AF171-011
Research abstract
Triton Systems proposes to continue developing and demonstrating a novel composite material to replace the current zirconium copper electrodes in arc heaters and allow hypersonic testing under more extreme conditions. In the Phase II effort, we will refine and begin to scale up the composite material; we will fully characterize the electrical, thermal and mechanical properties of the composites; and we will fabricate and test full-scale prototype arcjet electrodes to demonstrate the value that the new electrode materials provide to arc heater testing.
Technology keywords
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Awards with the same topic code
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- Advanced, Low-Erosion Electrode Technologies for Arcjet Testing
- Advanced Composite Electrode for Arcjet Testing
Research funding history
927 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1993–2026). Reported award amounts total $388,500,403. 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 Energy, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Transportation