SBIR-STTR Award

The objective of this program is to design a decontamination system for the V-22 aircraft which could be incorporated into the aircraft's structure and activated manually or automatically in response to a CB alert or actual attack. The system would have the capability of delivering the decontaminating agent to effectively cleanse the aircraft interior and exterior without negative effects on either personnel or aircraft systems or structures. The proposed Phase I effort is a preliminary design which will include evaluation of system dispersion methods as well as candidate agent efficacy against chemical/biological agents. The Phase I effort will also establish the plan for analyzing decontaminate agent corrosiveness, toxicity and maintainability in the aircraft environment. Phase II will call for the final design and construction of a prototype system to be evaluated on either the V-22 or other appropriate testbed.

The objective of this program is to design a universal decontamination system for the V-22 aircraft to be used in response to a CB alert or actual attack. The system would have the capability of delivering the decontaminating agent to effectively cleanse the aircraft interior and exterior without negative effectes on either personnel or aircraft systems or structures. The Phase I effort established the feasiblity of using a single decontamination formulation against common chemical threats and established the compatibiity of this universal decontamination agent with actual V-22 materials. Phase I also resulted in a preliminary design concept for a self-contained delivery sytem which does not require additions or modifications to the existing airframe. Phase II will result in the optimization of the universal decontaminant for maximum efficacy and final design and fabrication of a prototype delivery system to be evaluated on either the V-22 or other appropriate testbed.