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COST REDUCTION APPROACHES FOR MULTI-PHASE SYNTACTIC FOAM ANECHOIC MATERIALS

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Navy
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 9172
Amount: $250,000.00
Phase: Phase II
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1989
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
Po Box 5242
Springfield, VA 22150
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 James D Miessler
 (703) 339-6524
Business Contact
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Research Institution
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Abstract

A PROGRAM IS PROPOSED WHEREIN THE VARIOUS COST FACTORS INVOLVED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF A PARTICULAR CLASS OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS ARE TO BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED, THUS PERMITTING ITS MORE WIDESPREAD USE WITHIN THE NAVAL COMMUNITY. THE CLASS OF MATERIALS OF INTEREST CONSISTS OF SYNTACTIC FOAM, WITH A VARIETY OF INCLUSION MATERIALS AND GEOMETRIES. THE PROGRAM WILL EVALUATE THREE PRIMARY COST REDUCTION APPROACHES: (1) RAW MATERIAL COST, (2) TOOLING COSTS, AND (3) REDUCED LABOR COSTS. ACTUAL ACOUSTIC MEASUREMENTS WILL BE PERFORMED BY THE NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER, FOR REASONS DESCRIBED IN THE BODY OF THIS PROPOSAL.

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