TOUCHSTONE RESEARCH LABORATORY, LTD. — Department of Defense SBIR Phase II: MDA05-068
TOUCHSTONE RESEARCH LABORATORY, LTD. — 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 $999,997 is consistent with substantial Phase II-scale effort; compare to related awards from the same agency.
- Topic code MDA05-068 links this award to a solicitation family — search the same topic stem for incumbents and recompete timing.
- Amount
- $999,997
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Navy
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase II
- Topic
- MDA05-068
- Solicitation
- 05.3
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- WV
- Period
- 2017-11-21 → 2020-05-26
Description
The overall objective of the proposed effort is to more fully develop a solid rocket motor case based on aluminum metal matrix composites (Al MMC) that will maintain or increase the performance of Navy rocket motors and improve compliance with insensitive munitions (IM) requirements. Touchstone Research Laboratory will use a modified filament winding process for producing Al MMC cases for technology development and prototype demonstration. This material and process technology has the potential to improve the performance and safety of tactical missiles. Trade studies have consistently shown an increase in “delta v” over systems that deploy steel or state-of-the-art composite cases. Preliminary insensitive munitions (IM) testing has shown improvements in the areas of fragment and bullet impact. This effort will focus on upgrades to the fiber delivery system and a re-configuration of the winding apparatus to produce more meaningful analog test articles and to ultimately produce full-scale test assets.