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Award ID | Description | Recipient | Total Value | Awarding Agency | Funding Agency | Set Aside | NAICS | PSC | Award Date | Start Date | End Date | |
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| SBIR I IMPACT-RESISTANT COMPOSITE STRUCTURES FOR SPACESUITS | COMPOSITES AUTOMATION LLC | $149,921 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541715Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) | AJ14GENERAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY R&D SERVICES; GENERAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; R&D ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES | Sep 22, 2025 | Sep 29, 2025 | Mar 27, 2026 | ||
| SBIR BASE FOR PHASE I TOPIC N251-049 | COMPOSITES AUTOMATION LLC | $239,912 | DEPT OF THE NAVY | DEPT OF THE NAVY | — | 541713Research and Development in Nanotechnology | AC32NATIONAL DEFENSE R&D SERVICES; DEFENSE-RELATED ACTIVITIES; APPLIED RESEARCH | Jun 24, 2025 | Jun 24, 2025 | Jun 19, 2026 | ||
| CO-MINGLED TUFF | COMPOSITES AUTOMATION LLC | $91,500 | DEPT OF THE NAVY | DEPT OF THE NAVY | — | 325199All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing | 9420FIBERS: VEGETABLE, ANIMAL, AND SYNTHETIC | Aug 30, 2024 | Aug 30, 2024 | Dec 31, 2024 | ||
| SBIR PHASE II MANUFACTURING ASSESSMENT OF TAILORABLE AND ULTRA-THIN TUFF COMPOSITES | COMPOSITES AUTOMATION LLC | $749,957 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541715Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) | AJ14GENERAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY R&D SERVICES; GENERAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; R&D ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES | Apr 22, 2022 | Apr 22, 2022 | Oct 21, 2024 | ||
| DESIGN TOOLS FOR TAILORABLE AND ULTRA-THIN TUFF COMPOSITES | COMPOSITES AUTOMATION LLC | $124,480 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541715Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) | AJ14GENERAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY R&D SERVICES; GENERAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; R&D ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES | May 18, 2021 | May 19, 2021 | Jun 19, 2022 | ||
| MANUFACTURING ASSESSMENT OF TAILORABLE AND ULTRA-THIN TUFF COMPOSITES | COMPOSITES AUTOMATION LLC | $124,956 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541715Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) | AJ14GENERAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY R&D SERVICES; GENERAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; R&D ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES | May 17, 2021 | May 19, 2021 | Nov 19, 2021 | ||
| STTR PHASE II AWARD TO COMPOSITES AUTOMATION LLC FOR THROUGHPUT OPTIMIZATION FOR THE TAILORABLE UNIVERSAL FEEDSTOCK FOR FORMING (TUFF0 PROCESS. | COMPOSITES AUTOMATION LLC | $1,365,479 | DEPT OF THE ARMY | DEPT OF THE ARMY | — | 541715Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) | AJ11GENERAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY R&D SERVICES; GENERAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; BASIC RESEARCH | Mar 4, 2021 | Mar 5, 2021 | Jun 30, 2024 | ||
| STTR PHASE I- COMPOSITES AUTOMATION -"THROUGHPUT OPTIMIZATION FOR THE TAILORABLE UNIVERSAL FEEDSTOCK FOR FORMING (TUFF) PROCESS" | COMPOSITES AUTOMATION LLC | $166,474 | DEPT OF THE ARMY | DEPT OF THE ARMY | — | 541715Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) | AJ41 | Dec 30, 2019 | Jan 2, 2020 | Sep 1, 2020 | ||
| MODELING&SIMULATION FRAMEWORK FOR ROBUST PROCESS DESIGN OF THERMOSET PREPEGS | COMPOSITES AUTOMATION LLC | $149,976 | DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE | DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE | — | 541715Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) | AD91 | Jul 10, 2019 | Jul 10, 2019 | Jun 19, 2020 | ||
| COMPOSITES AUTOMATION LLC (CA), OUR ACADEMIC PARTNER UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE CENTER FOR COMPOSITE MATERIALS (UD-CCM) ARE TEAMING UP IN THIS STTR PHASE II PROJECT TO EVALUATE AUTOMATED TAPE PLACEMENT (ATP) PROCESSING OF THIN-PLY COMPOSITES, INCLUDING MATERIAL AND PROCESS DEVELOPMENT, CREATION OF A MODELING FOUNDATION CAPTURING THIN-PLY PLACEMENT, TEST PANEL FABRICATION AND MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE EVALUATION. KEYS TO SUCCESSFUL TRANSITION OF STANDARD PLY TO THIN-PLY ATP PROCESSING, IS THE ABILITY TO FABRICATE UNIFORM HIGH FIBER VOLUME AND FIBER DISTRIBUTION COMPOSITE PARTS AT OR BELOW 1% VOID CONTENT PHASE II WILL INVESTIGATE OTHER MATERIAL OPTIONS BEYOND THE NORTH THIN PLY TECHNOLOGY (NTPT) MATERIAL INVESTIGATED IN PHASE I, EVALUATE THEIR MICROSTRUCTURE AND DOWN-SELECT FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION. OUR ATP ROBOTIC SYSTEM WILL BE RECONFIGURED TO INCLUDE A MATERIAL HANDLING SYSTEM THAT ELIMINATES TAPE GEOMETRY CHANGES DURING PLACEMENT OF THIN-PLY MATERIAL. A KEY INNOVATION WILL BE THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COMPREHENSIVE MODELING APPROACH CAPTURING THE COMPLETE PLACEMENT, DEBULKING AND AUTOCLAVE CURE PROCESS FOR THIN-PLY MATERIAL ADDRESSING THE CRITICAL CHALLENGES FOUND IN PHASE I. THIS WILL ALLOW DEFINITION OF MATERIAL REQUIREMENTS AND OPTIMIZATION OF THE PLACEMENT CONDITIONS SUCH AS SPEED AND HEAD PRESSURE FOR ANY THIN PLY MATERIAL, RECOMMEND THE NUMBER OF DEBULKING STEPS FOR THICKER GEOMETRY PARTS AND PROVIDE CURE CYCLE GUIDANCE IN PARTICULAR FOR COMPLEX GEOMETRY COMPONENTS. THE COMPREHENSIVE SOFTWARE WILL EVALUATE THE SENSITIVITY OF INCOMING TAPE MATERIAL QUALITY ON PRODUCTION RATE AND PERFORMANCE, AND ENABLE A VIRTUAL MODELING ENVIRONMENT FOR THIN-PLY MATERIAL. WE WILL DEMONSTRATE THE APPROACH BY BUILDING AND TESTING STANDARD COUPONS AS WELL AS COMPLEX GEOMETRY COMPONENTS TO VALIDATE AND TRANSITION THE TECHNOLOGY TO NASA. | COMPOSITES AUTOMATION LLC | $749,962 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541715Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) | AR11SPACE R&D SERVICES; SPACE FLIGHT, RESEARCH AND SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES; BASIC RESEARCH | Sep 17, 2018 | Sep 17, 2018 | Apr 15, 2021 | ||
| THIS PROJECT DEVELOPS AN ULTRA-THIN AND FORMABLE PREPREG MATERIAL FROM REUSABLE SHORT CARBON FIBER COMPOSITES (CFC), INCLUDING PROCESS AND MATERIAL DEVELOPMENT, TEST PANEL FABRICATION AND MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE EVALUATION. KEY TO SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF ULTRA-THIN PLY MATERIALS IS THE ABILITY TO FABRICATE HIGH FIBER VOLUME AND UNIFORM FIBER DISTRIBUTION PREPREG WITH LOW VOID CONTENT AND LAYER THICKNESSES≤20 M. OUR PREPREG IS MADE FROM SHORT, ALIGNED CARBON FIBER (CF) SHEETS AND POLYMER FILM IMPREGNATION. WE HAVE DEMONSTRATED SUCCESSFUL FABRICATION OF 30GSM AREAL WEIGHT FABRIC MATERIAL AND RECENTLY PROVED ULTRA-THIN PLY PREPREG IMPREGNATION WITH A LOW AREAL WEIGHT POLYMER FILM. THE PROCESS IS UNIQUE AS IT IS NOT RELYING ON SPREADING OF LARGE FIBER TOWS BUT ASSEMBLES INDIVIDUAL SHORT FIBERS CREATING BETTER CONTROL OF FIBER CONTENT AND THICKNESS UNIFORMITY. THE MATERIALS CAN BE PROCESSED USING CONVENTIONAL AUTOCLAVE WITH MECHANICAL PROPERTIES EQUIVALENT TO CONTINUOUS CFC. KEY ADVANTAGES OF SHORT CF THIN-PLY MATERIAL COMPARED TO TRADITIONAL CONTINUOUS PREPREG ARE THE LOWER VARIABILITY OF THE MICROSTRUCTURE, THE ABILITY OF IN-PLANE STRETCHING OF SHORT CFCS, THE ABILITY TO HYBRIDIZE AT THE FIBER LEVEL AND TO RECLAIM THE CF MATERIAL FOR FABRICATION OF NEW HIGH-PERFORMANCE PARTS OR AS FEEDSTOCK FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING PROCESSES. THE PHASE I WILL DEMONSTRATE HIGHQUALITY THIN-PLY UNI AND QI PREPREGS MADE FROM SHORT CFS AND A POTENTIAL PHASE II WILL CONSIDER EVALUATION OF THE MULTI-FUNCTIONAL ASPECT OF THE MATERIAL INCLUDING HYBRIDIZATION, IMPROVED PROCESSABILITY AND RECOVERY OF SHORT CFCS. | COMPOSITES AUTOMATION LLC | $124,992 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541715Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) | AR11SPACE R&D SERVICES; SPACE FLIGHT, RESEARCH AND SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES; BASIC RESEARCH | Jul 18, 2018 | Jul 26, 2018 | Aug 25, 2019 | ||
| COMPOSITES AUTOMATION (CA) PROPOSES TO COLLABORATE WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE CENTER FOR COMPOSITE MATERIALS (UD-CCM) AND OUR INDUSTRY TRANSITION PARTNER ILC DOVER, TO DEVELOP INNOVATIVE MATERIAL AND STRUCTURE CONCEPTS FOR NEXT GENERATION SPACE SUIT HARD COMPOSITE COMPONENTS. THE SBIR GOALS ARE DEVELOP MATERIAL SYSTEMS THAT SURVIVE AN IMPACT OF 300 J AT<0.125 THICKNESS AND<1.7 G/CC DENSITY WITH NO LEAKS. PHASE I DEMONSTRATED A MATERIAL SOLUTION THAT MET THESE REQUIREMENTS AND THE ABILITY TO BALANCE IMPACT AND STRUCTURAL PERFORMANCE WITH COMPOSITE DESIGN. PHASE II WILL STUDY ADDITIONAL MATERIAL CHOICES, DEVELOP AND OPTIMIZE COMPOSITE ARCHITECTURES, AND DEMONSTRATE IMPACT, STRUCTURE AND JOINT/INTERFACE PERFORMANCE. A COMPLETE MATERIAL SPECIFICATION INCLUDING MATERIAL COMPOSITION, PROCESS METHODS AND PROPERTIES WILL BE DEVELOPED FOR THE OPTIMIZED SOLUTION(S) FOR USE IN PRODUCT DESIGN. PHASE II WILL CULMINATE IN THE DESIGN, ANALYSIS AND MANUFACTURE OF A FULL-SCALE HATCH, BASED ON NASA REQUIREMENTS, WITH THE OPTIMIZED COMPOSITE MATERIAL SOLUTIONS. | COMPOSITES AUTOMATION LLC | $749,997 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541715Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) | AR11SPACE R&D SERVICES; SPACE FLIGHT, RESEARCH AND SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES; BASIC RESEARCH | Apr 27, 2018 | Apr 27, 2018 | Apr 30, 2021 | ||
| IGF::OT::IGF THIS PROJECT EVALUATES AUTOMATED TAPE PLACEMENT (ATP) PROCESSING OF THIN PLY COMPOSITES, INCLUDING PROCESS AND DESIGN MODELING, TEST PANEL FABRICATION AND MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE EVALUATION. KEY TO SUCCESSFUL TRANSITION OF STANDARD PLY TO THIN PLY ATP PROCESSING IS THE ABILITY TO FABRICATE UNIFORM HIGH FIBER VOLUME AND FIBER DISTRIBUTION COMPOSITE PARTS WITH BELOW 1% VOID CONTENT. OUR ATP ROBOTIC SYSTEM WILL BE ADAPTED TO HANDLE THIN PLY MATERIALS, INCLUDING ACCURATE PLACEMENT AND CONSOLIDATION TO MINIMIZE POTENTIAL DEFECTS (ADJACENT TAPE GAPS CREATING VOIDS, NON-UNIFORM COMPACTION OF PLIES, ETC.). EXISTING MODELING OF THE PLACEMENT PROCESS AT OUR ACADEMIC PARTNER WILL SUPPORT HARDWARE OPTIMIZATION. COUPON FABRICATION AND TESTING WILL PROVIDE VALIDATION OF THE PROCESS TO PRODUCE HIGH QUALITY PARTS AND INITIATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF A PROPERTY DATABASE (MICROSTRUCTURE, MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE, ETC.). | COMPOSITES AUTOMATION LLC | $124,956 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541712 | AR11SPACE R&D SERVICES; SPACE FLIGHT, RESEARCH AND SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES; BASIC RESEARCH | May 30, 2017 | Jun 9, 2017 | Jun 8, 2018 | ||
| IGF::OT::IGF COMPOSITES AUTOMATION (CA) AND PARTNERS UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE CENTER FOR COMPOSITE MATERIALS (UD-CCM) AND ILC DOVER, PROPOSE TO EVALUATE INNOVATIVE COMPOSITE MATERIAL AND STRUCTURE CONCEPTS THAT IMPROVE IMPACT PERFORMANCE FOR SPACE SUITE HARD COMPOSITE COMPONENTS. A SYSTEMATIC EXPERIMENTAL SCREENING METHODOLOGY IN PHASE I, FOLLOWED BY DETAILED DESIGN AND ASSESSMENT IN PHASE II. MATERIAL INNOVATIONS EVALUATED IN THIS EFFORT INCLUDE HYBRID LAMINATE CONSTRUCTIONS, INTERLAYERS AND THIN-PLY COMPOSITE LAMINATES; AS WELL AS POTENTIAL SYNERGISTIC COMBINATIONS. A LOW-VELOCITY IMPACT (LVI) PROTOCOL WILL BE USED IN COMBINATION WITH LEAK RESISTANCE CHECKS TO EVALUATE CONCEPTS AND GUIDE COMPOSITE DESIGN. A TWO-STAGE METHODOLOGY IS PROPOSED WITH INITIAL SCREENING OF CONCEPTS UNDER EQUIVALENT CONDITIONS FOR COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT, FOLLOWED BY PERFORMANCE LIMIT ASSESSMENT (MAXIMUM IMPACT ENERGY WITH NO LEAK). | COMPOSITES AUTOMATION LLC | $124,955 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541712 | AR11SPACE R&D SERVICES; SPACE FLIGHT, RESEARCH AND SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES; BASIC RESEARCH | May 30, 2017 | Jun 9, 2017 | Dec 8, 2017 | ||
| RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, SBIR PHASE II, IGF::OT::IGF | COMPOSITES AUTOMATION LLC | $989,709 | DEPT OF THE NAVY | DEPT OF THE NAVY | — | 541712 | AC62 | Feb 8, 2017 | Feb 8, 2017 | Jun 22, 2021 | ||
| IGF::OT::IGF, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ONR SBIR PHASE II | COMPOSITES AUTOMATION LLC | $1,965,992 | DEPT OF THE NAVY | DEPT OF THE NAVY | — | 541712 | AD92 | Jan 17, 2017 | Jan 17, 2017 | Dec 31, 2020 | ||
| IGF::CT::IGF SBIRSOL2015.1 | COMPOSITES AUTOMATION LLC | $149,998 | DEPT OF THE NAVY | DEPT OF THE NAVY | — | 541712 | AD92 | Jun 16, 2015 | Jul 6, 2015 | Nov 6, 2016 | ||
| STTR PHASE I RESEARCH&DEVELOPMENT ''IGF::OT::IGF'' | COMPOSITES AUTOMATION LLC | $149,999 | DEPT OF THE NAVY | DEPT OF THE NAVY | — | 541712 | AC61 | May 28, 2015 | May 28, 2015 | Nov 21, 2016 | ||
| CHARACTERIZATION OF CARBON FABRIC, DISTRIBUTION OF MEDIA AND RESIN FLOW ANALYSIS | COMPOSITES AUTOMATION LLC | $0 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541712 | L066TECHNICAL REPRESENTATIVE- INSTRUMENTS AND LABORATORY EQUIPMENT | Mar 17, 2010 | Mar 17, 2010 | Apr 23, 2010 |