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Seeker performance is limited by the infrared window’s ability to survive and image in a high-Mach, endo-atmospheric environment. Window materials primarily fail because of thermal shock, but can also experience issues due to absorption/emission at elevated temperature and material decomposition. Internally cooled windows can be used to improve the optical and thermo-structural performance of in ...

Spectral Sciences, Inc. (SSI), proposes extensive upgrades, benchmarking, and post-intercept assessment (PIA) prototype integration of the Comprehensive Optical Post-Processing Tool (COPPT). SSI will lead a Team of experts including Corvid Technologies, SciTec, Sandia National Laboratory, and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. COPPT is an EO/IR scene generation code that post-processes output ...

Connecting data silos and extracting information is a ubiquitous challenge for the Missile Defense Agency (MDA). MDA operates many subsystems from diverse suppliers built with multi-generation technology. These subsystems emit complex and wide-ranging data flows at petabyte scale that makes data conversion impractical. There is a desire for unified data access for analysis, and for Artificial Inte ...

The Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI) team proposes to mature carbon fiber reinforced silicon carbide matrix materials to TRL 6, enabling the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) selection for hypersonic vehicle components. PSI’s families of PSC-10 (3,000°F) and ultrahigh temperature UHT-14 (4,500°F) materials have been successfully demonstrated for both leading edges and engine flow paths in rele ...

As a breakthrough enabling technology, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can make verifying and complying with standards nearly invisible to a development team, giving clear metrics to quality authorities. Coding and required interfaces are established on many different factors, such as integrated development environments (IDEs) that comprise the differences in the codebase ov ...

Modus Operandi proposes a collaborative web-based architectural management tool to provide as an additive to another Modus developed technology that parses and ingests requirements documents, spreadsheets and integrates with other modeling and requirements tools such as DOORS. MAAM (Machine learning Automated Architectural Modeling) will provide a comprehensive solution that pulls together current ...

Triton Systems proposes to develop and demonstrate the feasibility of producing high burning rate nanoenergetic additives for highly loaded grain solid rocket propellants with increased specific impulse and high thrust to achieve high speed, long range and maneuverability. By eliminating conventional center burning tube in the rocket propellant grain, end burning rocket propellants can achieve inc ...

The Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI) Team will develop ultrathin (0.015”) carbon fiber reinforced, silicon carbide matrix (C/SiC) materials to construct flexible thermal protection system (TPS) structures. The natural oxidation resistance of C/SiC makes these flexible structures suitable for use as control surfaces or morphing ducts for hypersonic vehicles. The key innovation developed by PSI to mak ...

SI2 Technologies, Inc. (SI2) proposes to develop a protocol—based on non-destructive techniques—to quantify the impact of manufacturing defects on the RF performance of printed antennas, waveguides and other additively manufactured (AM) RF devices. SI2 will utilize its in-house capabilities in RF design, RF and electronics testing, and AM to develop these non-destructive RF measurement techniq ...

The Missile Defense Agency desires an additive manufacturing (AM) process for the fabrication of Radio Frequency (RF) antennas and wave guides on flexible substrates. In order to achieve this goal, it is needed to determine the signal loss of AM processed conductors relative to additively printed conductors. Further, the effects of voids in the AM conductors on the RF performance also needs to be ...