Kennon Products, Inc. — Department of Defense SBIR Phase II: N121-009
Kennon Products, Inc. — 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.
- At $2,074,244, this is a large obligation for typical SBIR Phase sizing — worth reviewing for scope breadth and teaming opportunity.
- Topic code N121-009 links this award to a solicitation family — search the same topic stem for incumbents and recompete timing.
- Amount
- $2,074,244
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Navy
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase II
- Topic
- N121-009
- Solicitation
- 12.1
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- WY
- Period
- 2019-12-05 → 2023-08-18
Description
Lightweight materials and advanced designs and fabrication methods have allowed inflatable life preservers to be developed that are much slimmer, more reliable, and lighter than those currently in use. This Phase II.5 project will advance the designs and testing through flight qualification tests, and also allow NAVAIR to evaluate the working prototypes in the field. The construction of hundreds of working prototypes will also help validate and advance fabrication methods, helping advance manufacturing readiness level (MRL), and providing important information for reducing total life cycle costs. The Phase II.5 efforts will also include endeavoring to scale up the seaming and fabrication technologies by working to build a prototype raft(s).