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Carbon Foam Lightning and Thermal Protection System

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Missile Defense Agency
Contract: HQ0147-15-C-7176
Agency Tracking Number: B142-014-0425
Amount: $149,997.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: MDA14-014
Solicitation Number: 2014.2
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2014
Award Year: 2015
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2014-12-22
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2015-07-21
Small Business Information
The Millennium Centre 1142 Middle Creek Road
Triadelphia, WV 26059-1139
United States
DUNS: 101582922
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Brian Gordon
 Senior Program Manager/Lab Director
 (304) 547-5800
 blg@trl.com
Business Contact
 Brian Joseph
Title: PMO
Phone: (304) 547-5800
Email: bej@trl.com
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

Touchstone proposes to build on past thermal protection system (TPS) efforts and develop an innovative lightweight and low-cost system that provides protection from lightning strikes as well as from heat and atmospheric debris. This will be accomplished by utilizing a lightweight carbon foam (CFOAM) as the foundational material and varying the properties of the foam through choice of precursor and processing methods. Electrical and thermal modeling will be used to determine the optimal combination of materials, and these will be tested at the sub-scale laboratory level. Results will be compared to existing methods of lightning protection in order to demonstrate improvement. Approved for Public Release 14-MDA-8047 (14 Nov 14)

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