MRL MATERIALS RESOURCES LLC — Department of Defense SBIR Phase II: DLA222-001
MRL MATERIALS RESOURCES LLC — SBIR Phase II award from Department of Defense.
- Amount
- $999,500
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Defense Logistics Agency
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase II
- Topic
- DLA222-001
- Solicitation
- 22.2
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- OH
- Period
- 2023-08-30 → 2024-08-30
Description
Shortage of spare parts for our U.S. Navy assets can be costly as shown last year when the U.S. Navy to resort to a partial “spare parts cannibalism” for the newest carrier USS Gerald R. Ford that worth $13 billion. Through our communication with the Navy customer (NSWC Philadelphia ISEAs ) during phase I of the project, we became aware of another issue which threaten our current Navy assets. That is the presence of a family of bronze valves that do not meet revised OSHA requirements for lead levels in potable water. Our success in phase I to produce valve components using DED of NAB, we are proposing in phase II to continue expanding in that effort by replacing the higher lead composition with NAB. In our phase II proposal below, we will discuss the plan to produce and qualify some of these valves for Navy use.