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In this MDA program, NanoSonic proposed to combine our structural component composite additive manufacturing (AM) technology with our Thoraeus Rubber veil to produce ultra-lightweight electronic and radiation shielding composites for missile interceptors. NanoSonic has recently developed ultra-high temperature and shock resistant 5" diameter gun barrel overwraps our AM filament winding proc ...

NanoSonic will work with Virginia Tech nanomaterial physicists and Honeywell space system engineers to develop, demonstrate and transition to manufacturing rad hard resistive random access memories (RRAM) and related electronics based on resistive nanofilament bridges.Through prior basic research, NanoSonic has demonstrated early metal-insulator-metal (MIM) memory devices. Data is stored by creati ...

The experimental validation of the DoDs weapon systems is at the cornerstone of national security considerations. The structural requirements for the targets utilized impose a severe cost and lead time burden due to the limitations imposed by the traditional manufacturing processes currently used. Novel manufacturing methods for metal alloys have been established in the past years, but they have y ...

CU Aerospace (CUA) and team partners San Jose St. University (SJSU) and Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company (LMSSC) propose to develop a robust epoxy resin regenerator capable of improving cryocooler efficiency by more than 30%, and to design an enhanced compressor motor capable of improving the cryocooler efficiency by more than 20%. LMSSC manufactures a space cryocooler that already meets most ...

Indiana Microelectronics is proposing an alternative design for a high-speed missile to missile radio frequency communications link. The concept is to implement a reconfigurable, full duplex, software defined Ku band transceiver to allow for faster data throughput and better interference mitigation than existing downlinks. The system would be designed to operate at a higher frequency than the exis ...

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) utilizes federated Hardware-in-the-Loop (HWIL) simulations to characterize and predict the performance of the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS).Computer and network resource loading is a key challenge MDA faces in planning and running these simulations. Scenario planners are forced to create lower resolution scenarios, which fall short of BMDS fidelity test o ...

With adversaries continuing to advance ballistic missile technologies, the next generation of missile interceptors must increase their capabilities to provide an effective defense. IN Space proposes the development of a digital solid propellant thruster array based on a high strength, high performance composite solid propellant with an unmatched burning rate in order to achieve a responsive, high ...

Standard monopropellants like hydrazine are highly toxic and carcinogenic.These characteristics add significant cost, complexity, and risk during the fueling of spacecraft.Green propellants alleviate most of these concerns.They are far less toxic, ultra-stable, and shock resistant; thereby offering the satellite designer a much safer alternative.MDA17-010 seeks to develop a green-propellant-fueled ...

Through the proposed MDA SBIR program, NanoSonic will design and empirically optimize radio frequency (RF) transparent polymer derived ceramic matrix composite (CMC) thermal protection system (TPS) materials for missile antenna radomes. The signature characteristics of NanoSonics radome materials will be selectively tuned through the covalent integration of inner multiband frequency selective surf ...

Hydrogen isotopes have been shown to reduce the electrical effects of various semiconductor defects. Specifically, monoatomic hydrogen and deuterium passivate the electrical activity of defects such as dislocations in long-wavelength HgCdTe grown on Si. We propose a novel method of controlling the intake of hydrogen in HgCdTe IRFPAs by using the H2/He plasma afterglow formed by flowing plasma-gene ...