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Fast cook-off (FCO) mitigation solutions rely on a system approach including propellant chemistry and packaging modifications. Case venting is recommended so that in a fire, pressure is unable to build to a critical point. Cornerstone Research Group Inc. (CRG) and a commercial partner propose to integrate an existing thermoplastic toughening agent containing core-shell nanothermite into a composit ...

The Phase I effort established the necessary building blocks for the fabrication in Phase II of advanced high power, robust, polarization insensitive integrated optic phase modulators and polarization controllers to meet the requirements for low SWaP coherent and spectral beam combining applications. Substantial progress has been made in this Phase I SBIR, including demonstration of low loss optic ...

Contractor will develop innovative concepts and techniques to develop target recognition approaches focused on cognitive synthesis of current and emerging sensor data sources.(Approved for Public Release 15-MDA-8482 (17 November 15))

This Phase I SBIR program seeks a new fabrication method to produce stronger and tougher ultra-high temperature ceramic (UHTC) composites with an outstanding oxidation and thermal shock resistance for use as components for tactical propulsion applications.UES will apply a novel "Hybrid-Clad" approach to achieve lightweight composites, along with the "Top Down" process to control the microstructure ...

CRG proposes to develop a low-cost, multifunctional thermal protection material system based on CRGs high-temperature MG resin systems. The unique features of these materials will allow for thermal protection, combined with structural contribution, and electrical protection properties integral to the material system. CRGs MG material platform is a lightweight composite system that combines a non-f ...

Conductor faults can be devastating to a mission; having an embedded fault that is not detectable by current test and quality methods is a latent defect and impairs the integrity of the electrical wiring system.One such fault, Red Plague, is currently only found after damage has occurred (often not located until stored wire is stripped prior to installation or after installed wire is stripped duri ...

Next generation missile defense systems require power supplies with higher energy densities and longer run times. Innovation in reserve battery technology improving size, weight, run time, and manufacturability are needed to meet new requirements. Thermal reserve batteries are among the most widespread and reliable power supplies for missile defense systems. Performance gains in these systems will ...

To address the Missile Defense Agencys need for monitoring and controlling crucial parameters of high power fiber systems Optonicus proposes the development of a novel Intelligent High Power Fiber Laser Tap Coupler (InTAP). The proposed InTAP fiber coupler can operate with different fiber types and provides accurate measurements of the output power, differential phase, polarization and residual pu ...

Optonicus proposes development of user-friendly GPU-enhanced computational platform for numerical analysis and performance assessment of wide range of high-energy laser (HEL) beam projection systems. The wave-optics-based software platform will enable high-accuracy predictive performance analysis of different configurations of unobscured, centrally obscured, spatially distributed with multiple sub ...

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 ...