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Innovation Combine 2020 - Novel Materials for Weight Reduction and Survivability

RPP-20-09
Request for Prototype Proposal
Closed
June June 17 2020

Due Date

June 17, 2020, 11:00 am

Release Date

May 17, 2020, 8:00 pm

Technology Objective Area

Platforms

PLA-20-01
Lindsay Bayles

NAMC POC

Lindsay Bayles

Contact
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Overview

For military ground vehicle structures, ballistic and blast load requirements often trump structural requirements, leading to very thick structures. Contrary to aerostructures, for thick ground vehicle structures, materials with high strength and elongation capabilities are better than ultra-high stiffness materials. To enable lightweight military ground vehicles, there is a need for affordable materials that are resilient to high loading rate events and are able to absorb large amounts of energy without breaking.

Announcements

Special Notice | RPP-20-09 | Innovation Combine

The U.S. Army would like to invite interested companies to participate in the Innovation Combine at the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) Futures Conference, being tentatively held 23-25 June 2020 in Austin, TX. The Innovation Combine, scheduled to take place on 24 June 2020, will provide a forum to collaborate with the Army, earn prize money, and provide potential funding opportunities to tackle Army challenges with scalable power and energy solutions and novel materials for weight reduction and survivability. Prize money will be awarded to selected projects through the Army xTech Vector program and funding opportunities will be available through the Ground Vehicle Systems Other Transaction Agreement.

Resources

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