JENTEK SENSORS, INC. — Department of Defense SBIR Phase II: AF103-241
JENTEK SENSORS, 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.
- Obligated amount $1,499,966 is consistent with substantial Phase II-scale effort; compare to related awards from the same agency.
- Topic code AF103-241 links this award to a solicitation family — search the same topic stem for incumbents and recompete timing.
- Amount
- $1,499,966
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Air Force
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase II
- Topic
- AF103-241
- Solicitation
- 10.3
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- MA
- Period
- 2019-07-22 → 2020-07-22
Description
Some US fleets are flying at increased risk and readiness is being substantially impacted by shortfalls in current bolt hole eddy current (BHEC) capability which is not providing sufficient performance. Performance shortfalls include unacceptably high rates of false positives, the occurrence of uninspectable holes, and the size of cracks that can be reliably detected. BHEC performance can further be hampered by edge burrs, gouges, rifling, steel contamination, poor machining, service induced threading, out of roundness, corrosion pitting, and other hole conditions. Prior SBIR programs have demonstrated a significant potential to use JENTEK’s MWM-Array eddy current sensor arrays to provide improved BHEC performance. This program will focus on maturing adaptations of JENTEK’s MWM-Array bolt hole solutions. Particular attention will be given to very small holes (3/16 in. diameter) and holes with layers of substantially different material (e.g., a titanium alloy layer on an aluminum alloy layer). Performance studies will demonstrate the capability of the technology for 3 hole sizes / material layups. The program will deliver a kit for inspecting holes from 3/16 in. to slightly over 1/2 in. in diameter. This kit will be suitable for use with previously delivered JENTEK jET impedance measurement systems.