DE TECHNOLOGIES, INC — Department of Defense SBIR Phase I: AF191-077
DE TECHNOLOGIES, INC — SBIR Phase I award from Department of Defense.
- Amount
- $149,983
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Air Force
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase I
- Topic
- AF191-077
- Solicitation
- 19.1
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- PA
- Period
- 2019-06-27 → 2020-06-27
Description
Reinforced composite materials offer very high strength-to-density ratios, making them an ideal candidate for munition casings. Moreover, composites can be formed into geometries tailored to provide greater stiffness while maximizing internal volumes. A reinforcement layup technique that is ideally suited for composite bomb casings is braiding. The braiding technology has been proven a cost-effective method for producing cylindrical structures such as bomb casings. Braiding can accommodate complex geometries and is a process that is highly favorable in net-shape composite fabrication of cylindrical or toroidal geometries where seams are not desired. The proposed program will develop braided composite casings for penetrating munitions over a range of densities while maximizing strength and stiffness.