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Innovative Materials for the SQS-53C Sonar Dome (MSC P6033)

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Navy
Contract: N00024-07-C-4122
Agency Tracking Number: N052-126-0409
Amount: $2,498,380.00
Phase: Phase II
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N05-126
Solicitation Number: 2005.2
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2005
Award Year: 2007
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2007-03-21
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2010-06-08
Small Business Information
181 Gibraltar Road
Horsham, PA 19044
United States
DUNS: 075537910
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Anthony Caiazzo
 Technical Director
 (215) 542-8400
 tony@materials-sciences.com
Business Contact
 Thomas Cassin
Title: President
Phone: (215) 542-8400
Email: cassin@materials-sciences.com
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

Legacy material systems that meet the insertion loss (IL) requirements of current acoustic windows have been shown to have difficulty meeting the structural and damage tolerance goals associated with U.S. Navy undersea operations. Newer tuned core sandwich concepts, while showing promise to improve overall reliability, are markedly more expensive than the simpler reinforced rubber domes. During the Phase I study, Materials Sciences Corporation (MSC), its manufacturing partner Seemann Composites Inc. (SCI) and Applied Physical Sciences Corporation, conducted design studies, performed panel tests and manufacturing engineering studies, and conducted acoustic analyses to establish the technical and cost feasibility of using a specialized fiber reinforced composite material to meet the structural and IL requirements of a SQS-53C sonar dome. The primary objective of the Phase II program is to reduce the risk of using the low-cost emerging sonar window material technology developed by MSC on future vessels such as CG(X), or as a back-fit (spares) option for DDG-51 Class vessels, by designing, manufacturing and delivering a full-scale segment of a sonar dome for evaluation.

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