6K INC. — Department of Defense SBIR Phase II: A13-002
6K 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.
- Obligated amount $999,864 is consistent with substantial Phase II-scale effort; compare to related awards from the same agency.
- Topic code A13-002 links this award to a solicitation family — search the same topic stem for incumbents and recompete timing.
- Amount
- $999,864
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Army
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase II
- Topic
- A13-002
- Solicitation
- 2013.1
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- CT
- Period
- 2015-04-14 → 2016-04-13
Description
Amastan, in collaboration with the University of Connecticut, proposes to produce high temperature phase stable and CMAS resistant coatings of lanthanum magnesium hexaaluminate (LMHA) material as a suitable substitute to YSZ top coat for thermal barrier coating (TBC) applications. In phase I feasibility effort, Amastan demonstrated high temperature (1600 C) phase stable LMHA coatings that are phase pure upon annealing using its Uniform Melt State Process (UniMelt) spray process. In Phase II, Amastan will focus on two other precursor chemistries that have shown promising preliminary results, as well as increase process power to achieve the desired coating characteristics. Furthermore, the coating will be optimized to meet or exceed the specifications for TBC systems required in high temperature operations and CMAS resistance applications. Amastan will also optimize the production cost and team up with a turbine manufacturer to conduct tests on turbine components at the manufacturers testing rig. This step will position Amastans technology towards commercialization.