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Low Emissivity Transparent Hypersonic Atomic Layer (LETHAL) Composite Windows

Awardee

UNITED PROTECTIVE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

142 CARA CT
LOCUST, NC, 28097-9740
USA

Award Year: 2022

UEI: MBJQM9EQS4Q6

HUBZone Owned: No

Woman Owned: No

Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No

Congressional District: 8

Tagged as:

SBIR

Phase I

Seal of the Agency: DOD

Awarding Agency

DOD

Branch: NAVY

Total Award Amount: $139,827

Contract Number: N68936-22-C-0008

Agency Tracking Number: N212-117-0632

Solicitation Topic Code: N212-117

Solicitation Number: 21.2

Abstract

In order to maintain technological edge over near peer adversaries, the U.S. needs to quickly expand capability related to hypersonic warfare.  This requires the development of new window materials with unique thermo-optical and thermo-mechanical properties that can survive the intense aerothermal environment without blinding the sensor with the emissivity of the hot window. UPT proposes to create Low Emissivity Transparent Hypersonic Atomic Layer (LETHAL) Composite Windows, a next generation nanostructured “core-shell” composite IR window material that is based on a completely new way to manufacture materials. This process has already been used to produce nanostructured core-shell ceramics for transparent armor applications that significantly improve the hardness and strength of the composite, while decreasing the coefficient of thermal expansion, providing enhanced thermal shock resistance. The LETHAL composite leverages the bulk optical properties of low emissivity MWIR materials while also providing the strength of a ceramic composite.

Award Schedule

  1. 2021
    Solicitation Year

  2. 2022
    Award Year

  3. November 30, 2021
    Award Start Date

  4. June 1, 2022
    Award End Date

Principal Investigator

Name: Cantwell Carson
Phone: (404) 769-0225
Email: ccarson@upt-usa.com

Business Contact

Name: Brent Barbee
Phone: (704) 888-2470
Email: bbarbee@upt-usa.com

Research Institution

Name: N/A