TOOL, INC. — Department of Defense SBIR Phase II: A10-129
TOOL, 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 $694,586 is consistent with substantial Phase II-scale effort; compare to related awards from the same agency.
- Topic code A10-129 links this award to a solicitation family — search the same topic stem for incumbents and recompete timing.
- Amount
- $694,586
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Army
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase II
- Topic
- A10-129
- Solicitation
- 2010.2
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- MA
- Period
- 2014-09-23 → 2016-12-15
Description
Significant controversy exists among the scientific community and industry specialists as to whether mouth guards help mitigate concussive forces in impact events. To this end, a standardized methodology for testing mouth guard material solutions will be developed and presented to the Government. In Phase I, the benefit of employing a material solution between the upper and lower dentition in a specific blunt impact scenario was validated. This was accomplished by testing selected materials in a blunt impact scenario which was limited to a direct impact to the bottom of the chin. In Phase II, a wider range of impactsincluding blast eventswill be added to the testing scenario to examine a more generalized case. A process of design, engineering, prototyping and simulation to develop a mass-producible mouth guard product suitable for military use will also be undertaken. This product will be fine-tuned based on advanced materials and anthropomorphic research as well as results from physical and analytical testing. In addition to the military arena, such a product would have widespread suitability in various sports applications.