FAIRMOUNT TECHNOLOGIES LLC — Department of Defense SBIR Phase II: DLA09-001
FAIRMOUNT TECHNOLOGIES LLC — 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 $1,063,606 is consistent with substantial Phase II-scale effort; compare to related awards from the same agency.
- Topic code DLA09-001 links this award to a solicitation family — search the same topic stem for incumbents and recompete timing.
- Amount
- $1,063,606
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Defense Logistics Agency
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase II
- Topic
- DLA09-001
- Solicitation
- 2009.3
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- KS
- Period
- 2012-09-21 → 2017-03-29
Description
During the Phase I SBIR project funded by DLA, Fairmount Technologies (FT) has developed and proven a new CNC metal formingprocess called stretch roll forming (SRF) that can produce complex parts made out of extrusions without part-specific dies. The proofof-concept machine developed has stretch formed flat and T-section extrusions to geometry similar to that of aircraft parts.Recognizing the potential for this process to enable revolutionary manufacturing improvements, improve part quality, and save cost,Cessna Aircraft Co. and Spirit Aerospace, have worked with FT to identify part families and the manufacturing lines in which tointroduce the process, as well as requirements for successful forming of aircraft parts. In this Phase II project, FT proposes to designand build a prototype machine to meet these requirements and move the SRF process from a TRL of 3 to TRL 7. With our partnersinput, with the insights gained from further improvements to the proof-of-concept machine, by recruiting additional developmentpartners with complementary expertise, and by making the best use of phase II funds, FT will build a prototype SRF machine anddemonstrate that SRF can form parts to accurate geometry and with favorable properties.