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Nanocomp Technologies Inc. announced Tuesday that it has been awarded a multi-million dollar contract to continue research into new materials for Air Force aircraft.
Nanocomp, based in Concord, N.H., said the Phase 2 contract came from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory under the Department of Defense’s Small Business Innovation Research program. The company makes sheets of tissue-thin, super-tough carbon nanotubes that can be used in things like lightweight vehicle bodies or flexible body armor.
The new funding, Nanocomp said, will pay for continued work into using carbon nanotube-based material to replace metal-based electromagnetic interference shielding and electrostatic discharge components on manned and unmanned aircraft.
Last November, Nanocomp said it had been awarded an extension to a deal with the U.S. Army to develop lightweight body armor from carbon nanotubes.
Nanocomp plans to move into a 100,000-square-foot manufacturing facility within the next year, allowing the company to dramatically expand its manufacturing capacity to meet demand for its products, CEO Peter Antoinette has said.
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