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The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) seeks technology to predict and plan computer and network resource utilization requirements for complex simulation experiments. MDA Modeling and Simulation (M&S) hardware and software components are developed independently from one another in isolation, so the computational impact of one component on the other is not initially known. Care must be taken in scenario ...

Nanoscale Vacuum Channel Transistor (NVCT) technology has been demonstrated as intrinsically insensitive to ionizing radiation effects and robust enough to operate in elevated thermal environments. Nanofabrication processes need to be matured and methods need to be developed to enable advance circuits. The Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) sensor and countermeasure elements can leverage NVCT ...

Space Micro will provide an innovative solution for high speed missile-to-missile communications by modifying our existing CubeSat compatible radio frequency (RF) communications data cross-link software defined radio (SDR).Working with a major MDA missile prime contractor, as advisor, We will develop a proof of concept design; identify preliminary designs, define SWaP, down select alternatives, an ...

State-of-the-art COTS microelectronics are often found to be susceptible to radiation and systems are required to be redesigned with a new electronic piece-part or multiple kilogram metal shielding.These modifications increase weight, size, costs, and schedule to the program. Space Micro will design radiation shields based on our modeling/simulation tools and thenleverage existing commercially ava ...

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 ...

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 ...

We propose to explore a number of targeted approaches for data reduction that go beyond what existing algorithms can do.These include semantic, predictive, preprocessing, protocol, and rule-based compression techniques that will be tuned for M&S systems.We will construct representative datasets, and conduct performance evaluations against the leading general data compression techniques in use toda ...

During the proposed Phase I research and development effort, the project team will conduct a study to identify and document Missile Defense Agencys requirements for a target vehicle upper stage using Green liquid propellants. The project team will identify the propellant combination that best meets the needs of the Government. A conceptual design of the stage will be conducted and performance esti ...

The exterior surfaces of high speed missiles and other air structures experience high temperatures.These structures often include antennas that must transmit and receive through these surfaces, thereby requiring the skins to be transparent to RF energy.Sometimes it is beneficial for the surfaces to include the ability to reflect, or appear to be conductive to, radio frequencies outside the band of ...

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 ...