Lightweight Ballistic Armor for Military Aircraft
Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Navy
Contract: N68335-05-C-0285
Agency Tracking Number: N051-023-0758
Amount:
$79,895.00
Phase:
Phase I
Program:
SBIR
Awards Year:
2005
Solicitation Year:
2005
Solicitation Topic Code:
N05-023
Solicitation Number:
2005.1
Small Business Information
55 Chapel St, Newton, MA, 02458
DUNS:
153008631
HUBZone Owned:
N
Woman Owned:
N
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged:
N
Principal Investigator
Name: Mark Koslowske
Title: Sr. Materials Engineer
Phone: (617) 581-6747
Email: mkoslowske@nano-lab.com
Title: Sr. Materials Engineer
Phone: (617) 581-6747
Email: mkoslowske@nano-lab.com
Business Contact
Name: David Carnahan
Title: President
Phone: (617) 581-6747
Email: dcarnahan@nano-lab.com
Title: President
Phone: (617) 581-6747
Email: dcarnahan@nano-lab.com
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract
Many Navy aircraft platforms face the compromise between complete crew protection and diminished mission capability. NanoLab proposes a novel, lightweight aircraft armor solution that is easily manufactured, repairable and cost competitive. This is accomplished using a composite approach to the ballistic strike material, in which ceramic spheres of boron carbide are arranged in a polymer matrix material. Boron carbide has been used in aircraft armor applications for over 4 decades due to its high strength to weight ratio, but it suffers from high cost and low repair-ability. In the Phase I effort, we will develop pressure-less sintering techniques to reduce the cost of this critical material, and incorporate it in a unique form that allows additional defeat mechanisms, mold-ability, and repair. * Information listed above is at the time of submission. *