Nautilus Defense LLC — Department of Defense STTR Phase I: AFX20D-TCSO1
Nautilus Defense LLC — STTR Phase I award from Department of Defense.
Phase I STTR 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 $150,000. Cross-check similar awards in the same agency and technology tags for going-rate context.
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- Amount
- $150,000
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Air Force
- Program / Phase
- STTR · Phase I
- Topic
- AFX20D-TCSO1
- Solicitation
- X20.D
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- RI
- Period
- 2020-11-16 → 2021-05-16
Description
By integrating conductors into composite structures, data and power networks can become part of the vehicle’s airframe, allowing for size, weight, and assembly savings and improved mission endurance. During the proposed effort, project team members Nautilus Defense, The University of Rhode Island, and Goetz Composites seeks to validate the structural and electrical performance of these composite-integrated electrical networks for use in next-generation eVTOL vehicles. Nautilus has successfully demonstrated the utility of integrating fine conductors into the fiber reinforcement of textile and composite structures for the formation of data and power networks and seeks to develop meaningful variants for use in eVTOL airframes.