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MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

SBRI Challenge - Fuels and Lubricants

R&DCPV 73110000
Value£82k
Awarded8 Oct 2015
Published24 Feb 2016
RegionSouth West
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£82ktotal contract value
median £66k
this tender£0£561k

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The brief

The work is to be undertaken in accordance with the SBRI application 61067-444228 part 8 submitted to and held by Innovate UK for the Fuels and Lubricants programme.

Develop a contact mode instrument to measure critical parameters of surface morphology which determine drag on military aircraft surfaces.

The key deliverables of the project are as follows: 1.

Establish representative surfaces to be found on MOD aircraft and establish an experimental optical analysis rig.

2.

Explore approaches and algorithms, down select candidates and develop to a stage where a prototype instrument can be specified.

3.

Design, manufacture and validate a prototype on laboratory samples representative of military aircraft surfaces.

4.

Validate laboratory results by testing on static aircraft.

5.

Deliver a final Phase 1 report.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

Deliver a final Phase 1 report

Deliver a final Phase 1 report.

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OCID
0eb0dab9-085b-468e-a298-870ddd482450
Stage
contract · Contract
Source
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Buyer ref
DTEC/179/02
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