HYDRAULICS INTERNATIONAL, INC. — Department of Defense SBIR Phase I: N221-008
HYDRAULICS INTERNATIONAL, INC. — SBIR Phase I award from Department of Defense.
- Amount
- $138,534
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Navy
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase I
- Topic
- N221-008
- Solicitation
- 22.1
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- CA
- Period
- 2022-06-29 → 2023-01-03
Description
The Linkless Ammunition Loading System III (LALS III) is mechanically sophisticated system that is utilized for loading ammunition rounds into the M61A1 and M61A2 gun systems installed on the legacy and super Hornet F/A-18. The objective of this SBIR Phase-I effort is to initiate work on a comprehensive program to significantly increase the LALS III system’s reliability and availability. Hydraulics International Inc. (HII) as the largest aviation ground support equipment manufacturer, and as current provider of LALS III systems, is uniquely positioned to successfully conduct such work within a favorable project timeline. Specific design enhancement, along with advanced engineering design optimization techniques are applied to realize the main design objective of superior system reliability and availability.