Vibrant Composites Inc. — Department of Defense SBIR Phase I: CBD14-103
Vibrant Composites Inc. — SBIR Phase I award from Department of Defense.
- Amount
- $138,022
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Office for Chemical and Biological Defense
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase I
- Topic
- CBD14-103
- Solicitation
- 2014.0
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- MA
- Period
- 2014-09-29 → 2015-03-29
Description
Air management solutions capable of reducing heat and moisture burden are not suitable for integration in wearable respiratory protection systems due to excessive weight, volume, and power requirements of existing technologies. Vibrant Composites proposes applying its unique uMECS manufacturing technology towards development of an ultra-lightweight and power efficient miniature blower. Fundamentally enabled by uMECS manufacturing innovations, the proposed topology represents a new class of thermal and climate management devices with the potential for realizing air transport with high power efficiency in a compact package. The blower design will leverage advanced composite materials, precision monolithic construction, embedded electronics, and unconventional manufacturing techniques to achieve low system mass and a sub-millimeter profile.