Akita received a two year Sequential Phase II SBIR contract from the U.S. Army to increase the technical readiness level (TRL) of its antifog coating for ballistic protective eyewear. This coating is designed to provide superior antifog performance and increased lifetime while reducing manufacturing costs by using a process-friendly UV curing method. The coatings will… Continue Reading →

Akita Innovations received a SBIR Phase II award from the Department of Defense Chemical and Biological Defense (CBD) program to develop materials technologies for the scan-to-manufacture of respirator face pieces.  For the award, Akita will partner with Adaptive3D Technologies. Adaptive3D is based in Plano TX and offers additive manufacturing polymer resins and specialty polymers to… Continue Reading →

Lawrence F. Hancock, CEO of Akita Innovations, received the 2020 R.E. Tressler Award from the Materials Science and Engineering Department of Pennsylvania State University on February 27, 2020.  The Tressler award honors the work and contributions of Richard E. Tressler, who was an international leader in the development of high temperature materials and served as… Continue Reading →

Akita Innovations has been awarded an Express Grant from the Commonwealth Corporation to advance Akita’s marketing capabilities.  This grant, which is funded by the State of Massachusetts and is cost-matched by Akita, concentrates on digital marketing. It is funded by The Workforce Training Fund, a program of the Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor and Workforce… Continue Reading →

Akita Innovations has been awarded a contract from the Army to develop an improved chemical agent resistant coating (CARC).  CARC is a paint used on vehicles and equipment to resist chemical contamination and facilitate cleaning. The U.S. Army uses over a million gallons of coating a year for its combat vehicles. One of the key… Continue Reading →

Akita has received a Phase I SBIR contract from the U.S. Air Force to develop a surface analysis method for plasma activation of aerospace composites being prepared for adhesive bonding.  The objective is to facilitate the use of adhesive bonding in aerospace manufacturing as an alternative to the use of fasteners. This project complements Akita’s… Continue Reading →

Akita has been awarded a contract from Massachusetts General Hospital for work on a National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded project to develop dual function theranostic constructs for photoacoustic guided surgery and photodynamic therapy.  This project, which also involves researchers from Tufts University, is an academic-industry partnership designed to address the problem of oral cancer by… Continue Reading →