MECHANICAL SOLUTIONS INC — Department of Defense SBIR Phase II: Non-DOD
MECHANICAL SOLUTIONS 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 $1,759,987, this is a large obligation for typical SBIR Phase sizing — worth reviewing for scope breadth and teaming opportunity.
- Topic code Non-DOD links this award to a solicitation family — search the same topic stem for incumbents and recompete timing.
- Amount
- $1,759,987
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Air Force
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase II
- Topic
- Non-DOD
- Solicitation
- N/A
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- NJ
- Period
- 2019-11-20 → 2021-11-20
Description
Integrating MSI’s radar probe and blade tip-timing technology will facilitate long-term health monitoring for AEDC’s Plant Exhauster compressors. Through collaborative planning meetings, measurements/ tests will be scheduled and options investigated to define optimal sensor locations. MSI and AEDC’s Test Operating Support contractor will interact closely during acquisition/ measurement hardware installation, data recording/ monitoring, compressor operation and post-test analysis. To support reliable, long-term (>5-years) data acquisition/ monitoring, initial test measurements will drive sensor design and installation updates. Water content measurement and blade tip-timing techniques developed will be verified with eddy current testing and high-speed photography referee methods, respectively. System hardware upgrades to the current AEDC Gen IV tip-timing acquisition architecture will ensure health monitoring system compatibility, while reducing the operator’s setup/ monitoring requirements. Data communication and software updates defined by MSI will enable the distribution of acquired water content and blade time-of-arrival data to AEDC’s monitoring systems. COTS tip-timing data acquisition hardware will be delivered that’s compatible with the updated water measurement/ tip-timing sensors and AEDC’s health monitoring system architecture. Sensors and an acquisition system containing design updates to enable reliable, long-term monitoring will be produced, and will be installed to monitor AEDC’s Exhaust compressors. MSI also will issue technical documentation.