SEACORP Wins Research Contract to Develop Emergency Closure Technology

SEA CORP has been awarded a contract by the Navy under the Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) program. In the first phase of this effort, SEA CORP will develop a valve closure system for remote "intelligent" emergency closure for future shipboard installations. These valves will be designed to automatically detect and isolate ruptures in shipboard fluid systems and perform automatic isolation of casualties as close to the rupture as possible. SEA CORP will employ their technology of using the energy of Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) automotive airbag inflators to demonstrate using them to operate remote shipboard valves. The initial $70,000 study will develop the system with $30,000 to build a working prototype, if an option is exercised. The concept could be further developed under a Phase II SBIR effort that could be worth up to $1 million. Barry Holland and his launcher team lead SEA CORP's efforts.

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