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High-Strength Mechanically Alloyed Magnesium Nanocomposites

Award Information

Agency:
Department of Defense 		Branch:
N/A 		Award ID:
 Program Year/Program:
2011 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number:
A102-053-0798 		Solicitation Year:
2010 		Solicitation Topic Code:
A10-053 		Solicitation Number:
2010.2
Small Business Information
LUNA INNOVATIONS, INC.
LUNA INNOVATIONS INCORPORATED 1 RIVERSIDE CIRCLE ROANOKE, VA -
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Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No
 
Phase 1
Fiscal Year: 2011
Title: High-Strength Mechanically Alloyed Magnesium Nanocomposites
Agency: DOD
Contract: W15QKN-11-C-0026
Award Amount: $69,995.00
 

Abstract:

The military campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan over the past decade have resulted in a heavier U.S. Army. Soldiers are carrying more body armor, more batteries for field equipment, and more combat gear than ever before. Ground vehicles including HMMWVs, MRAPs, and Strykers all require multiple heavy armor solutions to mitigate ballistic and IED blast threats. Even rotorcraft including the Apache and Black Hawk helicopters aren"t immune to weight increases associated with ballistic armor requirements. Our continued military superiority and operational versatility will only be possible if warfighter air and ground vehicle system mass is significantly reduced. In order to help maintain the U.S. Army"s continued superiority and versatility and enable it in the future, Luna Innovations, in partnership with the Applied Research Lab at Penn State, are developing high strength, CNT-reinforced, mechanically alloyed magnesium nanocomposites using methods that are scaleable and transitionable into production practice. A mechanical alloying approach will be used coupled with spark plasma sintering technology to develop nano-crystalline CNT-reinforced Mg metal matrix composites that offer tensile yield strengths greater than 600 MPa coupled with room temperature failure strain of 5% or greater.

Principal Investigator:

Adam Goff
Principal Investigator
(434) 220-2513
goffa@lunainnovations.com

Business Contact:

Maggie Hudson
Contracts Administrator
(434) 483-4254
submissions302@lunainnovations.com
Small Business Information at Submission:

Luna Innovations Incorporated
1 Riverside Circle Suite 400 Roanoke, VA -

EIN/Tax ID: 541560050
DUNS: N/A
Number of Employees:
Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No