TERVES, LLC — Department of Defense SBIR Phase II: DLA212-004
TERVES, LLC — SBIR Phase II award from Department of Defense.
Phase II SBIR prototype / development signal
- Phase II is where Department of Defense funds deeper R&D after feasibility. Incumbents with Phase II history are serious competitors on adjacent topics.
- Use this award as past-performance context and to map customer organizations for STRATFI/TACFI-style transition planning.
- Obligated amount $1,355,690 is consistent with substantial Phase II-scale effort; compare to related awards from the same agency.
- Topic code DLA212-004 links this award to a solicitation family — search the same topic stem for incumbents and recompete timing.
- Amount
- $1,355,690
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Defense Logistics Agency
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase II
- Topic
- DLA212-004
- Solicitation
- 21.2
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- OH
- Period
- 2022-07-06 → 2024-07-05
Description
In the proposed Phase II program, Terves will demonstrate pilot scale production of gadolinium metal and alloys for use in defense critical applications. The overall goal of the Phase II program is to design, install and demonstrate a production capacity of at least 10,000kg per year of commercial grade purity gadolinium for use in magnet production, with a stretch goal of having the ability to produce other REE’s at similar scales. The project will produce pilot scale batches at a scale of 20-50kg, with a total Phase II production target of >200kg of gadolinium (or gadolinium alloyed material). The produced material will be used in the pilot production of magnets as well as for a proprietary wrought magnesium alloy in two qualification trials.