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Intense dynamic and thermal loads will occur during stage-separation events that are of major concern from both operational and safety viewpoints. The insensitive-munitions (IM) stimuli and thermal/dynamic response associated with such events has received very little attention, yet this is of major concern for the KEI vehicle undergoing Stage 1 to Stage 2 separation. The KEI event is at lower alti ...

Our Phase I research involved the development of an innovative sensor scheduling algorithm in support of Ballistic Missile Defense. This algorithm schedules multiple diverse and distributed sensors to perform time-critical tasks relating to multiple moving targets; specifically, to detect, classify, localize, track, support the interception of, and conduct BDA for ballistic missiles throughout t ...

Decisive Analytics proposes build a executive sensor resource management algorithm that (1) extends the algorithm successfully demonstrated in Phase I to globally task sensors to meet system tracking and discrimination needs; (2) is tailored to work with discrimination fusion engine algorithms currently being deployed to be BMDS; and (3) is compatible with future system requirements for which ther ...

Under this Phase II SBIR, the Decisive Analytics Corporation (DAC) team proposes two advanced capabilities that are not currently supported in the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS). Employing ground-breaking techniques developed under Phase I of this effort for describing and solving the problems of tracking and discrimination within a single Bayesian network model, we propose the developmen ...

Laser Technology Inc. (LTI) proposes a Phase II SBIR research project to further develop a Compact Shearography System, Analysis Method and Software for micro-crack detection in concrete. There is an urgent need to detect and characterize fine cracks in concrete that form because of various damage mechanisms including alkali-silicate reaction, delayed ettringite formation or frost damage. Fine s ...

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Accurate collateral damage assessment is of critical importance for missile defense because determining the likelihood of a successful intercept kill is required for efficient interceptor tasking. This is especially critical for first generation missile defense systems that are likely to only have a limited number of interceptors available to address a very wide spectrum of threats. The primary go ...

In the Phase 1 Feasibility Study, we examined weapon-target engagement scheduling problem, and developed a rapid software prototype to demonstrate automated, optimized, scheduling with the use of simulated realistic missile battle scenarios. Scheduling of an intercept launch was predicated on the engageability and lethality of the weapon-target pairings: Lethal intercept opportunities for all weap ...

The proposed Phase II work is mainly focused on further continuing and developing Composite Alloys of W-25Re, Mo-Re, with Ta, Hf, HfC, and TaC for the application development of higher thrust-high temperature (e.g., TDACS FEDS) Large Thrust Pintles with potential weight reduction by suitable alloying and functional layering for advanced Solid DACS systems using UTRON’s 300, 400 or 1000 Ton CDC P ...

In this SBIR, VPT has proposed a point-of-load (POL) power converter that is immune to radiation effects, including total dose, prompt dose, and SEU. Such a RH-POL converter addresses the demanding low voltage, high current, power requirements of advanced data processing circuitry in MDA applications. In Phase I, VPT built on its recently-introduced military thick-film hybrid DC-DC POL power conve ...