TEXAS HIGH ENERGY MATERIALS, LLC SBIR Phase II Award, April 2023

Texas High Energy Materials has developed a novel fuel bladder composite technology that can decrease costs and improve product quality of aircraft fuel bladders designated for MIL-DTL-271422F applications. Developments are now targeting the H-1 helicopter. Our  crashworthy, ballistic-tolerant, self-sealing flexible fuel bladders are versatile and easily adaptable to any geometry and platform. Durable polymers used in our bladder wall construction are applied seamlessly. Eighty percent of our bladder build process is automatable,  minimizing variability and the need for rework. Our process is fast, efficient, and unparalleled; our flexible fuel bladders can be created in hours versus the months it takes for incumbent bladders. All materials used in the construction of our fuel bladders are available from US based companies with manufacturing facilities located in the USA.