3TEX R&D focuses on the following areas:

• 3-D Orthogonal Weaving, Experimental Preforms and Composites
• 3-D Braiding, Complex Shape Preforms and Composites
• Innovative 3-D Reinforced Armor and Blast Mitigation Systems
• 3-D Woven and Braided Preforms for High Temperature Products
• 3-Stress/Strain, Failure, Crack Propagation, and Dynamic Analysis
• New 3-D Textile Process and Machine Development

These abilities find new applications in:

• Blast and ballistic protection materials
• Tough new ceramic matrix composites
• Stiffeners for aircraft and other structures
• Novel composite joints

3TEX is a supporter of SBIR

(Small Business Innovative Research)

• 3TEX has success in numerous Phase I and Phase II contracts
• Worked with nearly all branches of the Department of Defense
• 3TEX currently has multiple Phase I and Phase II contracts running
• 3TEX has been awarded its first Phase III project!