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A one year Phase II Basic Program and a one year Option Program are proposed, aimed at revolutionary advancement of the current technology used in the high-energy chemical oxygen-iodine laser (COIL). The Phase II Basic effort directly relates to the Airborne Laser (ABL), and aims to determine the operational pressure limits for the laser system in its current configuration. The work will rely on ...

For high-speed ballistic intercept applications, the targeting sensor must be forward-looking in order to acquire, track, and neutralize the target. Traditional forward-looking sensors must reside near the nose of the projectile where hypersonic aerothermal loads can exceed 1000°C; effectively blinding IR seekers and producing extreme thermal loads on sensor electronic components. As more advance ...

Uncertainty quantification (UQ) can be performed with existing MDA M&S tools if efficient algorithms are developed and deployed. OptTek proposes to explore innovative methods and algorithms to 1) quantify output variation from all input uncertainties providing distributional information and extreme value identification, 2) isolate output variation from individual input uncertainties and from input ...

The objective of this SBIR Phase II project is to make significant steps toward the commercialization of a tin-whiskers containing thin film coating. Atomic Layer Deposition encapsulating films (ALD-Cap) are flexible ceramic films, with exceptional conformality, adherence and mechanical strength. Developed primarily as a low-cost environmental protection and corrosion barrier, ALD-Cap was successf ...

Ballistic missile threats include the potential for complex target scenes including countermeasures and debris in addition to lethal objects. In order to defend against this threat, the Ballistics Missile Defense System (BMDS) has been developed to intercept the targets. The construct of using multiple interceptors on a single target is both costly and taxing on the BMDS command control. However, ...

A-Tech Corporation, d.b.a. Applied Technology Associates (ATA), is innovating the design and mechanizations of space gimbals and their electronics and pointing controls. This new paradigm for a gimbal design is denoted the Next Generation Gimbal (NGG) and yields a gimbal system that is lighter, uses less power, and exhibits better performance. The technology innovations that will be exploited in c ...

Proposed Missile Defense Agency (MDA) systems, such as the Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS), require high precision gyroscopes for high-resolution Line of Sight (LOS) stabilization, inertial attitude knowledge (IAK), and other high accuracy, space-based acquisition, pointing and tracking (APT) systems. To achieve these mission objectives, MDA is very interested in the development of c ...

Nutronics, Inc. proposes to develop a modeling and simulation tool, the High Energy Laser Requirements Analysis, and Engineering (HEL-RAE) tool. The HEL-RAE tool is built from the foundation of the Barchers Covariance Code (BCC) tool. The BCC tool has been well validated against a large volume of field test data in a wide range of conditions with three different levels of turbulence compensation ...

Ballistic missile defense (BMD) systems use carbon cloth - phenolic (CCP) resin composite materials as ablative insulators in the inlets and throats of many rocket motor nozzles. However, the reliability of hydrophilic phenolic resin composites is compromised through variations in their moisture content, which is created endogenously and added or lost according to the humidity of the storage envir ...

Inertial Measurement Units (IMUs) for flight systems (interceptors, airborne platforms, and space assets) are constrained by limits on size, weight, power, and cost (SWaP-C). These IMUs are also exposed to severe shock and vibration during storage, transport, launch, staging, deployment and engagement. This Phase II effort will continue research from the Phase I and achieve three main objectives 1 ...