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The focus of this proposed Phase I STTR will be on identifying and assessing initial low-cost acreage TPS technologies applicable to hypersonic conventional and strategic system performance objectives addressing affordability, capacity, and supply chain resilience.  The initial feasibility assessment will utilize a low-cost TPS technology, carbon phenolic, and assess performance over a range of n ...

Carbon-Carbon has been demonstrated to be a robust and high performing material in the extreme environments that occur in hypersonic flight.  Carbon-Carbon is the key material system of many Thermal Protection System (TPS) designs for hypersonic vehicles.   One of the key areas of interest in TPS design is the leading edges.  Leading edges must maintain thermal and structural integrity through ...

The national imperative to field hypersonic weapon systems has increased the demand for robust, lightweight, and affordable high temperature materials for thermal protection systems.  Refractory composites such as carbon-carbon (C/C) or carbon/SiC (C/SiC) offer enormous promise, but wider-scale acceptance continues to be hindered by certain technical and affordability limitations.  Key among the ...

Digital Twins (DT) – computer simulations of electro-mechanical systems – have been employed for many years to monitor and predict the behavior of the physical systems they model. Since the introduction of malware such as Stuxnet, an urgent need has arisen to predict and prevent such operational technology (OT) systems from catastrophic critical infrastructure attacks before malicious cyber ac ...

Lithium-ion batteries provide a popular energy storage option due to their high energy and power density compared to other technologies and demand is expected to continue to grow. Most lithium-ion battery chemistries rely on cobalt and nickel oxides, both of which are fairly expensive and which the United States obtains primarily via imports. Despite this limitation, most lithium-ion batteries are ...

Response Technologies’ goal is to provide the DLA and the USAF with qualified self-sealing fuel cells for the F-16 aircraft platform.  A bi-product of this effort will be proven tank constructions for other legacy aircraft and the future vertical lift.  This Phase I’s effort spans three to six months and is characterized by identifying and documenting all requirements and test methods to qua ...

Response Technologies’ goal is to provide the DLA and the USAF with qualified self-sealing fuel cells for the A-10 aircraft platform. A bi-product of this effort will be proven tank constructions for other legacy aircraft and the future vertical lift. This Phase I’s effort spans three to six months and is characterized by identifying and documenting all requirements and test methods to qualify ...

ASRC Federal Astronautics (AFA) is pleased to propose this plan to perform a feasibility study of using Selective Laser Melting (SLM) Additive Manufacturing (AM) to produce grain boundary engineered (GBE) 316L austenitic stainless steel. Coincident site lattice (CSL) and low-angle grain boundaries, which result from GBE, improve metal alloys’ properties such as fatigue life and stress/corrosion ...

Response Technologies will attempt to build H-60 fuel cell prototypes and qualify to a portion of MIL-DTL-27422F’s Phase II performance testing criteria [Class B – Semi rigid or self-supporting fuel construction, Type I – Self-sealing, and Protection Level C – Full self-sealing against 50 caliber and partial self-sealing against 14.5 mm] . Response Technologies uses an additive manufacturi ...

There are over 123 UH-1Y aircraft in service today, each equipped with five internal fuel cells, with an average cost of $15k per fuel cell. The current supply chain for UH-1Y fuel cells is not able to meet delivery nor quality requirements, which has resulted in a significant force readiness issue. With this SBIR Phase II proposal, Response Technologies (RT) aims to: 1) “Phase I Qualify” a co ...