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Propose to investigate and develop, build and test an innovative communications system to provide continuous, high speed, in-flight communication links between a Ground Based Communication Antenna and Hypersonic Vehicles in flight through a plasma environment. Several approaches have been considered for mitigation, with varying degrees of success. We have investigated these and other alternatives ...

MagiCom proposes to investigate and develop several concepts to provide continuous, high speed, in-flight communication links between a Ground Based Communication Antenna and Hypersonic Air Vehicles in flight through a plasma environment. Plan to model plasma environment using sophisticated simulation software MagiComs LinkBud and EM-Cube. Approved for Public Release | 19-MDA-10270 (18 Nov 19)

This proposed SBIR Phase II effort continues the development of rugged MEMS inertial measurement units (IMUs) for operation in high shock and vibration operation environment of missiles, and other military and commercial platforms with harsh environment characteristics. The primary outcome of the proposed effort is a 6-axis highly-reliable and durable tactical-grade MEMS IMU with inclusion of vibr ...

Grid Logic proposes to develop a solution for additively manufacturing and qualifying non-critical beryllium-replacement components using a material specified by Raytheon Missile Systems. The solution will be based on new additive manufacturing technology from Grid Logic that permits a wide range of metallic powders to be rapidly deposited and sintered to form near net shape parts. Grid Logics tec ...

This proposed SBIR Phase I effort initiates the development of rugged MEMS inertial measurement units (IMUs) for operation in high shock and vibration operation environment of missiles, and other military and commercial platforms with harsh environment characteristics. The primary outcome of the proposed effort is a 6-axis highly-reliable and durable tactical-grade MEMS IMU with inclusion of vibra ...

A coupled CEM and CFD modeling is proposed for prediction of antenna performance in plasma environment with particular application to reentry vehicles. The degree of coupling between the fluid dynamics and the electromagnetics will be investigated as well as identification of the parameters that relate the two modeling processes. End product is a hybrid computational tool with a complete GUI that ...

A prototype Computer Aided Design (CAD) software will be developed for predicting Radar Cross-section (RCS) of various targets of interest to MDA. The software will have an advanced computational engine, which will be optimized to run on Graphical Processing Units (GPUs) and multi-core Central Processing Units (CPUs).

The purpose of the proposed Phase I research is to develop and implement tools to model the effects of the atmosphere on synthetically generated IR scenes to be used in ballistic missile defense system assessment.These effects include scattering, absorption and emission due to gases and aerosols, optical aberration and scintillation due to near- and far-field clear air turbulence and displacemen ...

A computational tool will be developed for predicting scattering from target candidates suitable for missile defense such as missles and decoys. Fast algorithms will be employed as well as hardware acceleration (for multi-core CPUs and GPUs) for speeding up computations. The tool will be modular for allowing future enhancements for handling larger numerical problems.

This effort will demonstrate a scalable aerial platform architecture which matches the scalability necessary for expandable missile defense communications architectures directly supporting all Missile Defense Agency (MDA) missions.