GASTOPS INC — Department of Defense SBIR Phase I: AF182-005
GASTOPS INC — SBIR Phase I award from Department of Defense.
- Amount
- $49,527
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Air Force
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase I
- Topic
- AF182-005
- Solicitation
- 18.2
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- AL
- Period
- 2018-07-27 → 2018-09-27
Description
This GasTOPS Inc. proposal is aimed at providing a high quality, low risk solution to the MQ-9 platform by providing an onboard engine health monitoring capability to support current and future missions. Currently there is a lack of wear monitoring capability for the Honeywell TPE331 propulsion system in the Air Force’s MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) which has caused a number of major aircraft failures. The TPE331 is the turboprop engine that drives the MQ-9 platform and employs a single lubrication system for engine bearings, reduction gears, propeller shaft bearings, and accessory drives.