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Low Cost High Strength High Toughness Corrosion Resistant Materials for Marine…

Award Information

Agency:
Department of Defense 		Branch:
Navy 		Award ID:
69842 		Program Year/Program:
2005 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number:
N032-0041 		Solicitation Year:
N/A 		Solicitation Topic Code:
N/A 		Solicitation Number:
N/A
Small Business Information
QuesTek Innovations LLC
1820 Ridge Avenue Evanston, IL -
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Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No
 
Phase 2
Fiscal Year: 2005
Title: Low Cost High Strength High Toughness Corrosion Resistant Materials for Marine Corps Advanced Amphibious Assault Vehicle (AAAV)
Agency / Branch: DOD / NAVY
Contract: M67854-05-C-0025
Award Amount: $599,710.00
 

Abstract:

The goal of this program is to develop and qualify a custom-designed alloy for the United States Marine Corps (USMC) Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle (EFV), which experiences severe corrosive and abrasive environments, including seawater and sand. In particular, the spindles on this vehicle are mission critical components for operation on land and sea. The spindles are highly loaded and galvanically coupled in a seawater environment with dissimilar metals such as titanium, and to perform successfully, the material from which the spindles are fabricated must have a balance of properties, including high-strength, high-toughness, and good corrosion resistance. QuesTek's Materials by Designr technology offers a unique opportunity to rapidly design a custom alloy optimized for this application, and DARPA - Accelerated Insertion of Materials (AIM) methodology provides an approach to leverage the same material design models to rapidly qualify this alloy for use. The material toughness and corrosion resistance will be improved while maintaining the same yield strength and material cost of existing alloys. A comparative test program will evaluate the stress corrosion cracking behavior at the relevant corrosion potential of competitive alloys. Demonstration spindles will be manufactured for field-testing. The Option program will produce and characterized a production-scale ingot of the final alloy.

Principal Investigator:

James A. Wright
Materials Design Engineer
8473285800
jwright@questek.com

Business Contact:

Raymond P. Genellie, Jr.
Vice President - Operatio
8474258211
rgenellie@questek.com
Small Business Information at Submission:

QUESTEK INNOVATIONS LLC
1820 Ridge Avenue Evanston, IL 60201

EIN/Tax ID: 364116425
DUNS: N/A
Number of Employees:
Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No