INTERDISCIPLINARY CONSULTING CORP — Department of Defense SBIR Phase I: DMEA231-001
INTERDISCIPLINARY CONSULTING CORP — SBIR Phase I award from Department of Defense.
Phase I SBIR feasibility signal
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- Obligated amount $197,025. Cross-check similar awards in the same agency and technology tags for going-rate context.
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- Amount
- $197,025
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Defense Microelectronics Activity
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase I
- Topic
- DMEA231-001
- Solicitation
- 23.1
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- FL
- Period
- 2023-08-07 → 2024-02-07
Description
In response to the 2023 DMEA SBIR Phase I solicitation topic DMEA231-001 titled High-G Accelerometers, the Interdisciplinary Consulting Corporation (IC2) proposes to develop a robust, real-time, tri-axis accelerometer using microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) technology that can provide accurate measurements in high-G environments and survive up to 60 kG. MEMS accelerometers have played a crucial role in the development of commercial technologies, including cell phones and automobiles; however, their use in military applications has been limited due to the need to survive high-G events and maintain functionality after long-term storage, while being economically feasible. Having devices that meet these specifications enable their use on military equipment (e.g., rockets, munitions, artillery), ultimately providing in-flight diagnostics and improving guidance, navigation, and control. The goal of this research is to modify IC2’s current capacitive, silicon-based, wall shear stress sensing technology that is capable of making quantifiable mean and fluctuating skin friction measurements and allow them to be used as accelerometers in harsh military environments.