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Composite rocket motor cases are subject to a variety of external environmental and loading conditions from the time-of-manufacturing till usage. These conditions can significantly impact the performance and behavior characteristics of the composite motorcase structure. Fueling of the rocket motor adds an additional complexity in that inspection of the interior becomes impossible while creating th ...

Attaining the temperatures required for simulating future MDA weapons systems such as targets with hot engine exhausts, rocket plumes and infrared countermeasures will require development on numerous fronts, the most challenging and difficult of which is the selection of the materials of which the emitter pixels are fabricated. Resistive heating technology is the most mature of the myriad IR scen ...

Responsive Space concept accepted as long-term road map for the aerospace systems requires development of ultra-rapid avionics (Responsivonics), which must be radiation tolerant (RT), flexible, reprogrammable, and Plug-and-Play compatible. Of primary importance are RT, flexible, software-only reconfigurable complex sensor interfaces to a back-end digital processor. Signal conditioning or sampling ...

The complexity of advanced systems employing IR imaging demands that test capabilities be developed to allow the insertion of simulated scenes into the controlled testing environment to form a critical link between advanced simulations and field trials. Such hardware in the loop testing can be significantly less expensive and complex then full field trials while still providing real-time test cap ...

New innovative concepts and formulations for spectral radiation in plumes and atomspheres are proposed for incorporation in an advanced unified comprehensive radiation simulation tool for comples flow phenomena at arbitrary altitude. The innovations enable unprecedented accuracy, efficiency, and generality for optical signature simulation to support multiple scientific and systems applications wh ...

The altitude region 40-70 km (signature trough region) is a segment of missile trajectories in which MDA signature simulation capability is least reliable. Important phenomena include afterburning cessation, turbulent-laminar transition, reduced mixing and onset of collision enhancement. Aero Optics, Inc. (AOI) and Calspan-University at Buffalo Research Center (CUBRC) propose the Trough Region Pl ...

A Coherent Laser Radar Target Signature (CLRTS) simulation is proposed that provides the laser wavefront to the receiver aperture. The objective is to provide the spatial and temporal description of the wavefront (amplitude and phase) at the coherent laser radar receiver for HWIL simulation. This is a direct extension of Aero Optics' MDA Phase II SBIR Target End-to-End Signature Simulation (TESS ...

There is a need for improvement in the performance of thermally and electrically conductive polymeric adhesives used in electronic packaging. In particular, there are few polymeric materi-als that are suitable for replacing eutectic solder bonding in electronic devices used in high-temperature environments, such as the operating environment of high power wide bandgap elec-tronic devices. The US Na ...

DoD space surveillance and weapons systems require highly accurate inertial knowledge in absolute location and angular orientation. Current technologies providing these functions are not integrated into a single, light-weight, low-cost, power-efficient instrument. Applied Technology Associates (ATA) proposes to further develop its innovative and patented optical inertial reference unit technolog ...

For Airborne Inertial Rate Sensors, Applied Technology Associates (ATA) proposes to introduce a unique and enabling gyroscope technology based upon the principles of magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) that meet all requirements for ABL operation, including flight environment, extreme slew and in precision track. The Enhanced MHD Effect Rate Gyro (EMERG) has the highest potential of outperforming existin ...