CANOPY AEROSPACE, INC. — Department of Defense SBIR Phase I: AFX235-CSO1

CANOPY AEROSPACE, INC. — SBIR Phase I award from Department of Defense.

Amount
$73,397
Agency
Department of Defense · Air Force
Program / Phase
SBIR · Phase I
Topic
AFX235-CSO1
Solicitation
X23.5
NAICS
Place of performance
IL
Period
2023-05-02 → 2023-08-03

Description

February 1, 2003, the Columbia Space Shuttle, traveling 18x faster than the speed of sound, was heading back to Earth. Upon re-entry, the space shuttle reached temperatures of up to 2691°F, and a critical failure of its Thermal Protection System (TPS) cau