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A strong need exists to protect the US, its deployed forces and allies against all ranges of enemy ballistic missiles in all phases of flight. Current methodologies tend to use prior fixed measurements and features for identifying missiles and cannot adapt/change decision logic based on new information collected during an engagement which is critical as tactical operational environments are often ...

This Phase II SBIR program will develop and demonstrate a high temperature polymer matrix composite system for use in a structural missile component in multiple BMD systems. Under this program, an extensive database of thermal, mechanical, and electrical properties will be established for the composite system, conceptual designs for the missile component structure will be generated and optimized, ...

At hypersonic flow conditions, the flow field around reentry vehicles is ionized, resulting in electro-optical emissions, detectable radar cross-sections, and attenuation of signals transmitted through the plasma. Ablative heat shields may further increase the levels of electrons in the plasma around the hardbody and in the wake. We propose to extend an existing high-fidelity computational fluid d ...

The proposed work will incorporate the newly released software into the signature analysis workflow. Extensions of the US3D flow solver will include improvements to the decoupled implicit solver to robustly and efficiently handle reacting flow. Trajectory specification, conjugate vehicle heating, and ablation with surface recession will be enabled through use of a Trajectory Ablation & Shape Chang ...

This Phase II SBIR program will develop a technical foundation for commercialization to realize stronger and tougher ultra-high temperature ceramic (UHTC) composite clads with an outstanding oxidation and thermal shock resistance for use as key components for tactical propulsion applications. UES will apply a novel cladding approach to achieve lightweight UHTC components along with the "Top-Down" ...

Reductions and reallocations of telemetry wireless bandwidth have prompted the need for DoD agencies to adapt to operation in more restricted and less desirable frequency spectrum. Telemetering systems must evolve to address these frequency allocation changes, while retaining operational characteristics that are vital to MDA mission success. The design and implementation of high performance transm ...

Optonicus proposes the development of a user-friendly graphic processing unit (GPU) - enhanced computational platform for numerical analysis and performance assessment of a wide range of high-energy laser (HEL) beam projection systems. The wave-optics-based software platform enables high-accuracy predictive performance analysis of different HEL directed energy system functionalities. The proposed ...

Our proposal specifically addresses the stated requirements of the solicitation; we will develop and deploy tools, methods, and models for improving optimistic modeling techniques. The proposed EDAptive PROMOTE solution builds on previous Edaptive Computing, Inc (ECI) knowledge and technology itself innovative to reduce and diagnose rollback errors in optimistic models and convert non-optimistic ...

Under this STTR Imaging Systems Technology (IST) will apply novel Plasma-shell technology and expertise with gas plasma systems to shield and protect BMDS Radar. Plasma-shells are tiny hollow gas encapsulating shells. When energy is applied across the shell, the gas inside ionizes into a plasma. Theory of plasma-electromagnetic (EM) field interaction shows that, under appropriate conditions, pl ...

Optonicus proposes the development of a novel Intelligent High Power (HP) Fiber Laser Tap Coupler (InTAP) for advanced sensing techniques. The InTAP sensing system will provide the capability to measure several key characteristics of HP fiber amplifiers in situ. In Phase I, InTAP prototypes were designed, manufactured, and evaluated at kW laser power levels. In Phase II, Optonicus will develop th ...