AKITA INNOVATIONS LLC — Department of Defense SBIR Phase II: CBD181-001
AKITA INNOVATIONS 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 $500,370 is consistent with substantial Phase II-scale effort; compare to related awards from the same agency.
- Topic code CBD181-001 links this award to a solicitation family — search the same topic stem for incumbents and recompete timing.
- Amount
- $500,370
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Office for Chemical and Biological Defense
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase II
- Topic
- CBD181-001
- Solicitation
- 18.1
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- MA
- Period
- 2020-03-19 → 2022-03-08
Description
The principal benefit of this project will be the development of materials, processes and designs for the additive manufacture of air purifying respirators. Additive manufacture allows mass personalization of existing systems. For respirators, that design is the unique size and facial structure of each individual warfighter. The ability to personalize respirator design to each unique warfighter will improve the performance of air purifying respirators. In addition to allowing personalization of individual respirators, additive manufacture will reduce the cost and logistical burden thanks to just-in-time manufacturing. In a broader sense, this project will contribute to the development of optimized elastomeric materials for additive manufacture which currently do not exist.