Award Year / Program / Phase:2010 / SBIR / Phase I
Agency / Branch:DOD / NAVY
Principal Investigator:David Buchanan, Engineering Fellow
Award Amount:$99,962.00
Abstract:
The overall objective of the proposal is to develop and demonstrate a recently developed metal treatment and combine it with alternative barrel designs. Dark Metal Technology (DMT) is a unique technology that provides a highly wear resistant and self-lubricious surface for finished steel parts in… More
Award Year / Program / Phase:2011 / SBIR / Phase II
Agency:DOD
Principal Investigator:David Buchanan, Engineering Fellow – (603) 772-5088
Award Amount:$599,996.00
Abstract:
NATL will perform additional extreme live fire schedules beyond the exploratory scope of Phase 1. NATL will push Dark Metal's capability to thermally manage abrasion and wear resistance demonstrated in Phase 1. NATL will further push previouse live fire round counts to the extreme to… More