The ability to self-heal inflatable structures improves safety, reliability, and life cycle cost. Self-healing can be applied where strategically necessary (selected areas) to reduce mass and volume impacts. Our materials self-seal automatically and require no additional mechanisms or power.

ILC scientists and engineers have developed a range of self-healing technologies for engineered soft goods products. Vacuum chamber testing on spacesuit bladder components has successfully demonstrated the technology in a simulated space environment. Click here to view technical papers.