Fiscal Year:
2008
Title:
Dynamic Color Ratio Infrared Simulator Source
Agency / Branch:
DOD / NAVY
Contract:
N68936-08-C-0021
Award Amount:
$749,954.00
Abstract:
The Naval Air Warfare Center (NAWC), Weapons Division, China Lake, has a requirement to develop a Dynamic Color Ratio Infrared Simulator (DCR-IRS) source for open-air test and evaluation (T&E) of missile warning and countermeasures systems. "Two-color" IR sensors employed by missile warning systems are used to discriminate against false threats by examining the "color ratio" of the signature, more specifically, the relative power in two mid-IR bands. Since the spectral (mid-IR) signatures of missile plumes can change significantly during the missile flight, an IR simulation with a dynamic color ratio capability is required for realistic T&E of these two-color missile warning systems. Technology Service Corporation (TSC) is proposing an innovative solution to the DCR-IRS requirement. The solution will use a high power Optical Parametric Oscillator (OPO) along with optical assemblies to provide the required energy in the "blue-band" and the flame sources of the Navy's Infrared Simulator and Target Array (ISTAR) system will provide the energy in the "red-band". Under the Phase II TSC will develop the Dynamic Color Ratio Infrared Simulator and deliver it to the Navy at China Lake.
Principal Investigator:
Randy van Daalen Wetters
Corporate Senior Staff
3109542200
rvdw@tsc.com
Small Business Information at Submission:
TECHNOLOGY SERVICE CORP.
1900 S. Sepulveda Blvd Suite 300 Los Angeles, CA 90025
EIN/Tax ID:
954399083
DUNS:
N/A
Number of Employees:
Woman-Owned:
No
Minority-Owned:
No
HUBZone-Owned:
No