Two Utah composite materials companies recently won three\nSmall Business Technology Transfer (STTR) grants from the United States Air\nForce (USAF) for their innovative concepts which aim to solve defense-related\nproblems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The winning proposals were developed with the help of the\nUtah Advanced Materials & Manufacturing Initiative (UAMMI) and focus on\ncomposite material innovations for drones and advanced air mobility aircraft\nthat can benefit USAF and also be commercially developed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Electrafly, a Utah-based company which is developing personal-flight-aircraft (advanced mobility aircraft), submitted two winning proposals. The first is the fabrication of aircraft parts using a Carbon-Based Additive Manufacturing (CBAM) 3D printer provided by their partner Impossible Objects. The parts will then be tested by Weber State University\u2019s composites lab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ElectraFly\u2019s second proposal is to use an infusion process\nto create carbon fiber aircraft parts that are too large for the CBAM 3D\nprinter. These parts will be created with project partner Hexcel and tested at\nBrigham Young University\u2019s composites lab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The third winning proposal was submitted by Analyswift, a\nUtah multi-physics modeling company whose technology reduces engineering time\nand provides virtual testing of composite material structures, such as rotor\nblades, earlier in the design process. Their proposal is to develop an\nintegrated computational blade engineering (ICBE) framework for rapid insertion\nof high-performance composite rotor blades into ElectraFly\u2019s aircraft. The framework will lead to prototyped parts\ndeveloped by project partner Hexcel and then tested by the Weber State\nUniversity composites lab.UAMMI-Analyswift<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe congratulate these companies on their tremendous\nproposals and grant wins,\u201d said Dr. Tulinda Larsen, Executive Director, UAMMI.\n\u201cThese wins position Utah as a leader in composites research for advanced\nmobility aircraft, which is the fastest growing market in aviation,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Each winning grant will be awarded a maximum of $150K in\nthis first of a three-phase program. The\nobjective of Phase 1 is to determine scientific, technical and commercial merit\nas well as feasibility of the innovations. Phase 1 projects are to be completed\nover the next six months with the possibility of follow-on funding for Phase 2\nand 3 up to an additional $750K.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The grant program is a result of a 2014 review of the United\nStates\u2019 national defense strategy, in which it was determined that the US\u2019\nmilitary advantage over its adversaries and peer competitors was steadily\neroding and that innovation would be a key tactic to correcting this. Accordingly, under the 2017 National Defense\nAuthorization Act (NDAA) Congress authorized the Defense Commercial Solutions\nOpening (CSO) program allowing defense contracting officers to acquire\ninnovative commercial items, technologies, or services which could close\ncapability gaps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The objective of the program is to provide potential\ntechnological advancements to the Department of Defense, incentivize small\nbusiness commercialization of cutting-edge research, strengthen small\nbusinesses\u2019 role in meeting DoD research and development needs and fortify the\nUnited States\u2019 industrial base.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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