MANTIS COMPOSITES INC — Department of Defense SBIR Phase I: AF192-001
MANTIS COMPOSITES INC — SBIR Phase I award from Department of Defense.
Phase I SBIR feasibility signal
- Phase I awards fund proof-of-concept work. For capture teams, they mark early interest from Department of Defense in a technical approach.
- Watch for Phase II follow-ons from the same firm/topic family — that conversion path is where budgets and transition pressure rise.
- Obligated amount $49,990. Cross-check similar awards in the same agency and technology tags for going-rate context.
- Topic code AF192-001 links this award to a solicitation family — search the same topic stem for incumbents and recompete timing.
- Amount
- $49,990
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Air Force
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase I
- Topic
- AF192-001
- Solicitation
- 19.2
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- CA
- Period
- 2019-08-02 → 2020-08-02
Description
Carbon fiber tube structures are a well established satellite structure technique, but the connectors that are used to bond tubes are currently made using heavy and expensive metals such as Invar that add significant weight and cost to satellite systems. In this Phase I Mantis Composites will utilize their existing continuous carbon fiber 3D printing technology to produce and test carbon fiber tube connectors to establish a pathway towards lighter tube structures. Mechanical testing will be performed on a sample connector designed with input from multiple USAF satellite prime contractors.