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ACT Awarded Multiple Research and Development Contracts
Posted on May 26, 2009
Lancaster, Pennsylvania - May 26, 2009 - Advanced Cooling Technologies, Inc. (ACT) has recently been awarded multiple research and development contracts totaling more than $3M. All of these contracts were awarded in 2009.
These R&D contracts were successful results of ACT's competitive bids for various U.S. government agencies' BAA's (Broad Agency Announcement), SBIR (Small Business Innovative Research) and STTR (Small Business Technology Transfer) programs. The technologies under these contracts include advanced Heat Pipes, Variable Conductance Heat Pipes, Loop Heat Pipes, Refrigeration Systems, HVAC Heat Exchangers, Enhanced Condensation Surfaces, and Thermal Modeling Techniques. These technologies cover a wide range of applications including spacecraft and planetary surface systems thermal control, avionics cooling, laser cooling, HVAC, and microprocessor cooling. On many of these projects, ACT is working with partners and subcontractors in industry and academia.
ACT is a developer and manufacturer of advanced heat pipes, pumped liquid and two-phase loops, and thermal storage devices. ACT specializes in technology development and custom thermal product design and manufacturing. ACT's technologies have been used in applications from spacecraft thermal control to catalytic reactor cooling to medical surgery temperature control. ACT's quality system is certified to ISO9001:2000 and AS9100-B. ACT currently serves customers worldwide in Aerospace, Military, Commercial, and Government R&D markets. Many of these customers are in the Fortune Global 500 list.