Florida Turbine Technologies Inc. — Department of Defense SBIR Phase I: A17-032

Florida Turbine Technologies Inc. — SBIR Phase I award from Department of Defense.

Amount
$99,907
Agency
Department of Defense · Army
Program / Phase
SBIR · Phase I
Topic
A17-032
Solicitation
2017.1
NAICS
Place of performance
FL
Period
2017-08-24 → 2018-02-23

Description

Florida Turbine Technologies (FTT) is seeking technology combinations that improve the performance, agility, reliability, maintainability, sustainability, and affordability of small Vertical Take-off and Landing (VTOL) aircraft / UAVs. FTT proposes the development of advanced adaptive turbine engine cycle concepts, based upon the existing FTT320 core engine architecture, which utilize a variable flow fan to allocate power between the fan and output shaft or alternator. The resulting 100hp - 200hp adaptive cycle turbine engines would smoothly transition between efficient high-speed forward flight with the turbofan, and vertical flight in the turbo-shaft or turbo-alternator mode.