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Quallion LLC is pleased to submit this proposal in response to the solicitation for"Modeling of Lithium-ion Cell Performance."This proposal focuses on the area of interest relating to"accelerated life testing for LEO because the processes that occur at the anode and cathode at high DoD"s (60+%) are poorly understood as to how they relate to low DoD"s (30% and lower)."Quallion has developed a refer ...

West Coast Solutions (WCS), in collaboration with the Georgia Institute of Technology and Creare LLC, proposes an adaptation of our SmallSat Stirling Cryocooler (SSC) technology in response to STTR Topic MDA17-T003: High-Efficiency, Low-Volume, Space-Qualified Cryogenic-Coolers. In Phase 1 we will scale up a design currently in development for NASA to meet the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) topic re ...

Space Micro and partner institution Arizona State University propose to design and prototype a Programmable Multi-Frequency Transmitter (PMFT) that is compliant with both the Kill Vehicle Modular Open Architecture (KVMOA) and Space Telecommunications Radio System (STRS) standards. The KVMOA maximizes reuse of components and system designs and reduce total ownership costs. The STRS standard allows ...

The Ground-Based Interceptor (GBI) missile is the weapon component of the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system that consists of a rocket booster and kinetic kill vehicle. Recently, MDA has sought technologies to improve the performance of the booster vehicle (BV). To date, studies have shown that reductions in weight have a direct impact on overall effectiveness. The current proposal aims t ...

High G Aerodynamic Controls | Approved for Public Release 18-MDA-9707 (3 Jul 18)

Inlustra Technologies and the University of Notre Dame propose a Phase I STTR program that, combined with a subsequent Phase II effort, will result in methods for the scalable production of semi-insulating non-polar GaN substrates. These substrates will be utilized in the fabrication of high-power/high-frequency AlGaN-GaN electronic devices capable of reliable operation under high thermal load. ...

Global Aerospace Corporation (GAC), in collaboration with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), plans to develop a proof-of-concept, high-fidelity, first principle-based software model to predict the long-term behavior of advanced rechargeable lithium batteries in aerospace applications. This is a very challenging effort since we will be incorporating four behavior components into the battery op ...

In this overall program, Global Aerospace Corporation (GAC), its consultants, and future industrial partners, plans to develop a high fidelity, computationally-efficient, first principles-based software model to predict the behavior of rechargeable lithium-ion batteries under a wide set of conditions including extended calendar life (for both shelf life and on-bus trickle-charge conditions), low t ...

This Phase-I STTR MDA Proposal proposes the use of a new class of diamond-seeded solid-state material system for the manufacture of virtually all heat-generating solid-state electronics in X-band and Ballistic Missile Defense radar components and systems. In this proposal wherein much preliminary (DARPA- and MDA-funded) work has been demonstrated hitherto by the authors, all or most of the basic s ...

This Phase-I STTR proposes the use of a new class of diamond-seeded solid-state material system for the manufacture of intense heat-generating solid-state electronics in Ka-band Ballistic Missile Defense radar components and systems. In this proposal wherein much preliminary work (also MDA-funded) has been demonstrated hitherto by the authors, Gallium Nitride-on-SiC power amplifiers in Ka-band rad ...