Sintx Technologies receives additional SBIR contract for 3D printing technology

SINTX Technologies announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Technology Assessment and Transfer has been selected by AFWERX for a 3-month, $75,000, phase I Small Business Innovation Research, SBIR, contract focused on Enhanced Sinterability of Complex-Shaped 3D Printed Silicon Nitride, Si3N4. This contract will address material challenges in propulsion and guidance technology for next generation high-temperature Department of the Air Force systems. The Air Force Research Laboratory, AFRL, and AFWERX have partnered to streamline the SBIR and STTR process by accelerating the small business experience. The DAF began offering the Open Topic SBIR/STTR program in 2018, and now, through this partnership, TA&T will expand its ability to create and provide innovative capabilities that will strengthen the defense of the United States of America. If successful, TA&T/SINTX will attempt to leverage this work into an AFWERX phase II contract worth up to $1.25M over 21 months.