MAINSTREAM ENGINEERING CORP — Department of Defense STTR Phase I: N23A-T015
MAINSTREAM ENGINEERING CORP — STTR Phase I award from Department of Defense.
Phase I STTR 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 $140,000. Cross-check similar awards in the same agency and technology tags for going-rate context.
- Topic code N23A-T015 links this award to a solicitation family — search the same topic stem for incumbents and recompete timing.
- Amount
- $140,000
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Navy
- Program / Phase
- STTR · Phase I
- Topic
- N23A-T015
- Solicitation
- 23.A
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- FL
- Period
- 2023-07-17 → 2024-01-16
Description
Mainstream Engineering, in cooperation with the University of Massachusetts Lowell (UML), will develop and demonstrate a process to produce renewable JP-10. The process includes several reaction steps that begin with biomass-derived xylose. Our JP-10 process minimizes the number of reactors and will be continuous by integrating all the steps. To date, only one renewable route to JP-10 has been proposed and no route has been demonstrated at any kind of continuous, pilot-scale. By improving carbon yield at critical steps and developing scaled, continuous processing units, we will pioneer the production of renewable JP-10, reduce current costs of sustainable fuels, and replace fossil fuels that emit greenhouse gases.