THERMAL WAVE IMAGING INC — Department of Defense STTR Phase I: AF18B-T016
THERMAL WAVE IMAGING INC — STTR Phase I award from Department of Defense.
- Amount
- $150,000
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Air Force
- Program / Phase
- STTR · Phase I
- Topic
- AF18B-T016
- Solicitation
- 18.B
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- MI
- Period
- 2019-02-05 → 2019-02-05
Description
NDI of composite Pi/T-Joints presents significant challenges to existing inspection technologies resulting in a barrier to implementation in production. We will investigate feasibility of developing an active thermography NDI solution for real-world inspection of composite structures with T / Pi- joints during the manufacturing process (both green and cured states). Based on the extensive experience we have gained working with major airframe OEMs and suppliers (including Boeing, Northrop-Grumman, Spirit Aero Systems and Lockheed-Martin) on very similar and closely related applications, we will build on “lessons learned�, and use these as guidelines for approaching dedicated T-Joint NDI.