CPS Technologies (CPSH) has been awarded a new Phase I Small Business Innovative Research, SBIR, contract from the U.S. Army, which will begin in late January. Under the agreement, CPS will develop ultra-low temperature sintered ceramic materials that are lightweight yet strong. The intent is to provide the U.S. Army with electromagnetic protection materials that are conformable to artillery shell geometries. The research effort will be six months in duration and is valued at $250,000. This award also represents the first funded proposal for Mechanical Engineer Marinos Blanas, who is now the fourth CPS researcher to garner SBIR funding in the last several years.