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The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is seeking innovative component technologies that support improvements for manufacturing/performance and mass reduction for the Standard Missile 3 (SM3) Third Stage Rocket Motor (TSRM). To address this need, Valley Tech Systems (VTS) has developed a conceptual design of an advanced long duration extinguishment and re-ignition controllable solid propulsion TSRM Atti ...

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 3D printed radiation shields based on our modeling/simulation tools and then leverage existing com ...

High G Aerodynamic Controls | Approved for Public Release 18-MDA-9707 (3 Jul 18)

Our vision for the next generation missile and space propulsion engine is a flexible and non-toxic propulsion technology using HAN/kerosene, offering variable thrust with a high degree of mission tailoring. Additionally, high bulk density of HAN/kerosene bi-propellant improves stage mass fraction and delivers performance metrics that exceed current toxic storable propellants. We propose an innovat ...

During the proposed Phase 1 research and development effort, the project team will design an innovative turbopump system for a target vehicle upper stage using “Green" liquid propellants that meet Missile Defense Agency's requirements. The use of a turbopump will result in an upper stage that has a greater than 50% improvement in delta velocity in comparison to a previously designed, pressure fe ...

Uncertainty Reduction in High Speed Flight Vehicle Modeling | Approved for Public Release 18-MDA-9707 (3 Jul 18)

WarpIV Technologies has developed a federation performance resource utilization tool to help scenario planners prepare for missile defense simulation events. The algorithms designed and/or prototyped in Phase I consists of nine new capabilities: (1) highly configurable mock federation for representing realistic MDA federations during algorithm development and testing, (2) data logging interfaces f ...

In order to address the Missile Defense Agency’s urgent need to protect their supply chain from counterfeit microelectronics components, ChromoLogic developed and demonstrated a TRL 9 / MRL 6 QuanTEK system at select sites within the MDA supply chain. QuanTEK uses a proprietary non-contact imaging technology that captures the surface texture of an article and rapidly prepares an unforgeable “v ...

Electronically protected Digital Receiver Exciters are critical technologies necessary for modern radars to meet challenging DOD radar requirements. Due to previous developmental and acquisition decisions, current DOD radars are often tied to OEM development, production and business cycles. The deliverables on this SBIR phase II challenges the exclusivity of OEM strategies that are proprietary, no ...

Advanced data algorithmic techniques are revolutionizing many commercial and military products. These techniques show promise to rapidly improve US missile defense, potentially allowing the integrated BMDS the ability to perform time critical operations more quickly, extract from observational sensor data new discriminating characteristics that allow identification of threat and threat features, p ...