Thermal Expansion Solutions, Inc. — Department of Defense SBIR Phase I: AF212-CSO1
Thermal Expansion Solutions, Inc. — SBIR Phase I award from Department of Defense.
Phase I SBIR feasibility signal
- Phase I awards fund proof-of-concept work. For capture teams, they mark early interest from Department of Defense in a technical approach.
- Watch for Phase II follow-ons from the same firm/topic family — that conversion path is where budgets and transition pressure rise.
- Obligated amount $40,828. Cross-check similar awards in the same agency and technology tags for going-rate context.
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- Amount
- $40,828
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Air Force
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase I
- Topic
- AF212-CSO1
- Solicitation
- X21.2
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- TX
- Period
- 2021-11-05 → 2022-02-05
Description
Optics that are designed to have a fixed focus suffer from poor performance across temperature changes. Current solutions include creating an offset “tube-in-a-tube” solution to compensate for the thermal defocus caused by the thermal changes in refractiv