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San Diego Composites (SDC) proposes the use of advanced composite materials with tailored electrical properties in conjunction with the filament winding manufacturing process to provide a light-weight, reliably and repeatably manufactureable lightning protection system that will expand with motor operating pressures and integrate seamlessly with composite parts. In the Phase I program, SDC propos ...

Physical Optics Corporation (POC) proposes to develop a new Grounding Multilayer Missile Coating for Lightning Strike Mitigation (GRAMS). The GRAMS provides protection to large missiles against direct lightning strikes by offering a unique solution that consists of novel layered and fused material that is highly electrically conductive, thermally insulating, extremely lightweight, and bonded to t ...

Missile defense weapons require compact, tactical-grade Inertial Measurement Units (IMUs) that can operate through stressing environments of vibration, shock and nuclear radiation. For this proposed effort, CDI will develop and demonstrate a compact, tactical-grade IMU which provides a better than 3x improvement in size, weight, power, and performance when compared with the benchmark IMUs traditi ...

In the presence of a fast cook-off event, the propellant within a rocket motor can ignite, leading to a propulsive reaction or catastrophic explosion. To mitigate this risk, the Department of Defense (DoD) has Insensitive Munition (IM) requirements which are governed by MIL-STD-2105. To pass fast cook-off (FCO) testing, MIL-STD-2105 requires interceptor systems to achieve a burning, non-propulsi ...

In previous work, Ultramet demonstrated the feasibility of applying extremely low-density and thermally insulating carbon aerogel-filled open-cell carbon foam insulators for interceptor components. Those insulators had lower strength than is desired for selected applications and required impermeable structural liners or jackets, which increased component weight and volume. In this project, Ultra ...

Bandwidth10 (BW10) proposes to design and implement its high-speed wavelength tunable vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) technology at 1060 nm for use as a seed source for high energy laser systems using ytterbium-based (Yb) fiber amplifiers. Presently, the output power in ytterbium fiber amplifiers is typically limited by stimulated Brillioun scattering (SBS). By varying the seed so ...

The evolution in safe and arm (S&A) devices to in-line electronic S&A and Arm-Fire devices (ESAD/EAFD) have not tracked closely with the incredible cost- and size-reductions made by electronics in-general. Large electro-mechanical S&A device used in rocket motor ignition systems have become one of the notable cost elements on current missile systems. Developing and delivering considerably smalle ...

Under this SBIR effort, the DECISIVE ANALYTICS Corporation (DAC) team proposes an innovative solution to the issue of post-break-up missile fragment tracking and break-up characterization. It will apply to the case where the in-flight missile break-up event is not directly observed. The objective is to track fragments and to determine as much information as possible regarding the nature of the e ...

Utron Kinetics proposes to develop high temperature advanced ceramic based composites of R-NZP, and Nano-Zirconia based advanced composites and their functional composites in near net shape geometries using UTRON's innovative, compact and cost-effective High Pressure Combustion Driven Powder Compaction (CDC) manufacturing technology. A 300 Ton or 400 Ton CDC Press will be used for the proposed wo ...

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