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Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Navy
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 4092
Amount: $49,772.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1986
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
1617 Straight Path
Wyandanch, NY 11798
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 ROY C BERG
 (516) 643-8900
Business Contact
Phone: () -
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

TO REDUCE THE COST OF THE EXISTING ANTENNA MAST AND TO IMPROVE ITS PERFORMANCE, A STUDY WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED THAT WILL EVALUATE BOTH THE MATERIALS AND THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS. AS A RESULT OF THE NEW MATERIALS DEVELOPMENTS IN INDUSTRY AND THE ACQUISITION OF THE ADVANCED SIX AXIS TAPE/FILAMENT WINDING EQUIPMENT AT LUNN, WE ANTICIPATE BEING ABLE TO REDUCE THE WEIGHT OF THE STRUCTURE BY 15%, WITH A 30% INCREASE IN MAST STIFFNESS AND A RELATED COST DECREASE OF 20% THROUGH USE OF AUTOMATED MANUFACTURING PROCESSES. PHASE II WILL BE TO FABRICATE FULL SCALE COMPONENTS AND TEST TO PROVE THE BETTER PROPERTIES AND VERIFY THE COST SAVINGS.

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