VRC Metal Systems, LLC — Department of Defense STTR Phase II: A19B-T012
VRC Metal Systems, LLC — STTR Phase II award from Department of Defense.
Phase II STTR 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 $1,099,540 is consistent with substantial Phase II-scale effort; compare to related awards from the same agency.
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- Amount
- $1,099,540
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Army
- Program / Phase
- STTR · Phase II
- Topic
- A19B-T012
- Solicitation
- 19.B
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- SD
- Period
- 2022-08-04 → 2024-08-07
Description
VRC Metal Systems (VRC) and Northeastern University (NU) propose a joint effort to develop point-of-need hybrid repair technologies, that can be applied specifically to repairing bridge and railways structures. During the feasibility phase I effort, a robust coating repair system was developed and subsequently applied to railway steel. While the repair method worked on large gouges, it failed to bridge narrow cracks. In this work, both VRC and NU will investigate hybrid repair methods, such as, cold spray and secondary processing, cold spray and laser-glazing, wire-arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) and cold spray for the specific purposes of repairing complex geometry and improving the performance of the repair. This phase II program will also investigate additional cold spray repair coating systems, to ensure the most robust repair method is deposited. Lastly, VRC will build and implement a mobile high-pressure cold spray unit and design a mobile trailer system for point-of-need repairs. A complete repair will be demonstrated at the completion of this program.