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The evolution in safe and arm (S&A) devices to in-line electronic S&A and Arm-Fire devices (ESAD/EAFD) have not tracked closely with the incredible cost- and size-reductions made by electronics in-general. Large electro-mechanical S&A device used in rocket motor ignition systems have become one of the notable cost elements on current missile systems. Developing and delivering considerably smalle ...

Optical Physics Company (OPC) is proposing to design and prototype an enhanced sensor system for acquiring and actively tracking ballistic missiles in their ascent phase at strategic ranges. The enabling technology is OPCs interferometric faint object tracker (iFOT), which offers unprecedented accuracy and sensitivity. OPC envisions building a custom iFOT and integrating it with a pulsed laser s ...

San Diego Composites (SDC) proposes the use of advanced composite materials with tailored electrical properties in conjunction with the filament winding manufacturing process to provide a light-weight, reliably and repeatably manufactureable lightning protection system that will expand with motor operating pressures and integrate seamlessly with composite parts. In the Phase I program, SDC propos ...

Plasma Processes non-eroding throat liner technology for aluminized propellants has been significantly matured since 1999. An upcoming full-scale test will demonstrate that the technology is sufficient for transition consideration. However, there remain gaps in the technology that must be addressed prior to transition. The objective of this effort is to address these obstacles in order to expedite ...

Physical Optics Corporation (POC) proposes to develop a new self-healing network for transient interrupt elimination (SENTINEL). SENTINEL is based on a modular power protection architecture that interfaces transparently with existing avionics units and platform buses. Specifically, the innovation in parallelization and advanced manufacturing techniques improves avionics reliability and availabil ...

Allcomp propose to develop high density C-C using domestically manufactured lower cost multi-direction fiber reinforced preform. Fiber preforms with both Cartesian and Polar constructions will be designed and fabricate to replicate state of the art fiber preforms and their corresponding C-C composites. These preforms will be densified using different densification processes in order to shorten t ...

Defense plans are currently designed around rigid scenarios and specific conditions that may or may not actually occur in the battlespace. Furthermore, current simulation tools do not offer flexible approaches that support what if analysis and system optimization problems. WarpIV Technologies, Inc. proposes to leverage and extend its scalable, five-dimensional, Missile Defense Engagement Model ( ...

Davidson Technologies, Inc (DTI) proposes to develop the architecture and design for an innovative Course of Action (COA) analysis tool that seamlessly integrates defense design analyses, what-if analyses, and COA development. DTI will develop the architecture and design through our Capabilities Adaptive Approach, used to derive requirements and develop system-of-systems simulations. Our work pr ...

The current BMDS M&S database system was originally structured in an ad hoc fashion. The current system does not include metadata descriptions which makes comparison of events difficult, if not impossible. The objective is to leverage modern Big Data architectures and develop an extensible database that can manage large data sets, exploit metadata, and support fast query speeds across the date ...

Combatant Commands (CoComs) desire the ability to perform analyses on current plans, Blue Force Laydowns (BLFDs), and enemy Courses of Action (COA). These capabilities support critical decision making for Requests For Forces (RFFs) and assess whether modification of forces or additional forces should be applied to mission areas. Analyses must take into account resource performance, resource avai ...