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Microcosm, Inc. is proposing to complete the buildup of the suborbital rocket (SR-M) vehicle and launch this vehicle within twelve months of the authority to proceed. The suborbital rocket SR-M can carry up to a 2,400 pound payload. The SR-M offers considerable flexibility and performance while achieving low mission cost. Variations of the vehicle can be created to form the core of various mission ...

The Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA’s) THAAD system is capable of detecting and intercepting ballistic missile threats. Hypergolic fuels are used in these missiles for inducing spontaneous ignition. These fuels are toxic, and require monitoring of leakage. InnoSense LLC (ISL) has developed a prototype sensor following Lockheed Martin (LM) specifications. ISL sensors are designed to serve as a dr ...

Efficient structures requiring low-volume and low-mass have an important role in future military and commercial missions especially in theatre of space. These structures can increase the peformance of applications requiring large apertures such as space-based intelligence, surveillance, and reconnasissance systems. These structures can also be efficient as inflatable, deployable target simulator ...

The aerospace industry commonly uses cad-plated components in aircraft structures, engines, propellers and landing gear systems in both high and low strength steels. Components manufactured from these alloys require sacrificial protective coatings due to their corrosive environments. Cadmium has traditionally been the coating of choice for threaded components and fasteners due to its many desirabl ...

Hardware- and software-in-the-loop models offer an efficient and scalable approach for analysis of distributed C4ISR applications executing on heterogeneous networks. A virtual laboratory that integrates a physical test-bed with a much larger simulated network, can incorporate realistic physical effects while simultaneously scaling the analysis to much larger networks than are physically accessi ...

HyPerComp, a premiere developer of innovative and highly scalable computational environments for time-domain electromagnetics, proposes to develop, demonstrate and deliver the next generation TEMPUS (Time-Domain EM Parallel Unstructured Simulator)environment to perform cost-effective and routine X-band to 20 GHz computations for full-scale targets with general materials to provide highly accurate ...

The goal of this project is to demonstrate a highly flexible space based CubeSat communications payload interoperating with are variety of ground systems.The primary objective is to demonstrate the versatility of space based software defined radio (SDR) technology with ground based software defined radio technology.The Vulcan Wireless has proposed a versatile CubeSat communications payload that ca ...

The objective of this proposal is to develop a preliminary brassboard implementation for an H-60 system and for the AN/ALE-47, and demonstrate the interfaces through simulated flight using the ADVAYK brassboard. All designs will be virtually simulated and validated to ensure the desired behavior of the existing system is captured. The designs for each of the three projects will be validated vir ...

Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers (VCSELs) have demonstrated themselves as a commercially viable technology. Recent technology developments have lead to a new class of commercial VCSELs designed for high power operation. Phase I feasibility testing has verified that these devices are favorable candidates for high power military applications. In this Project, Aerius Photonics will develop ...

ABSTRACT:Exquadrum, Inc. proposes to develop an innovative and advanced, low-cost, high-performance, cryogenic upper stage engine cycle.The SLATE engine is a modified dual-bleed expander cycle that maintains state of the art performance while enabling significantly reduced weight, size, and cost, increased reliability, improved operability, and scalability.The engine cycle enables lower pump disch ...