TEXAS RESEARCH INSTITUTE , AUSTIN, INC. — Department of Defense SBIR Phase II: AF231-D019
TEXAS RESEARCH INSTITUTE , AUSTIN, INC. — 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.
- At $1,799,975, this is a large obligation for typical SBIR Phase sizing — worth reviewing for scope breadth and teaming opportunity.
- Tagged technology areas: Sensors & Sensor Fusion, Materials & Manufacturing. Follow those hubs for open topics and peer winners in the same cluster.
- Topic code AF231-D019 links this award to a solicitation family — search the same topic stem for incumbents and recompete timing.
Summary
This Air Force SBIR Phase II award gives nearly $1.8 million to Texas Research Institute Austin to improve how eddy current sensor signals are interpreted during bolt-hole inspections. The work aims to help detect hidden cracks and defects in Air Force aircraft more reliably.
- Amount
- $1,799,975
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Department of the Air Force
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase II
- Topic
- AF231-D019
- Solicitation
- 23.1
- NAICS
- 541715 · RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHYSICAL, ENGINEERING, AND LIFE SCIENCES (EXCEPT NANOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY)
- Place of performance
- TX
- Period
- 2023-07-03 → 2026-10-31
Technology domains
Description
SMALL BUSINESS RESEARCH INNOVATION (SBIR), DIRECT TO PHASE II, TOPIC AF201-D019: BOLT HOLE EDDY CURRENT (BHEC) SIGNAL INDICATION INTERPRETATION SBIR DIRECT TO PHASE II