Qualification of Quickstep Out-of-Autoclave Process
F-35 Application:
Contract Information
- Title: Technologies for the Rapid Curing of Composite Parts
- Contractor: Vector Composites/Quickstep
- Customer: USAF/AFRL
- Objective: Develop and demonstrate Quickstep process and qualify process for F-35 applications
- Contract Value: $4.0M
- Period of Performance: April 2010 – March 2012
Scope of Work
- Qualify Quickstep process for F-35 aircraft blade seal and spar parts and BMI 5250/IM7 carbon and Epoxy 977-3 carbon/IM7 materials
- Fabricate laminates for coupon fab
- Coupon testing for design database
- Fab and test of subscale parts
Nano-Composite Structures Manufacturing Technology
Enhanced Materials Properties for Composite Electronic Enclosures:
Contract Information
- Title: Nano-Composites Structures Manufacturing Technology
- Customer: USAF/AFRL and UDRI
- Contract Value: $0.635M
- Period of Performance: June 2009 – Sept 2010
- Objective: Develop and demonstrate nano-composite structures manufacturing technology using first-generation nano-materials for aerospace components
Scope of Work
- First generation nano-materials from ASI, NanoSperse, and Renegade in Ohio
- Composite structures manufacturing technology demonstration for lower cost processes
- Coupon characterization testing
- Fab and test of subscale parts