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

The objective of this proposal is to eliminate reliance on integrated non-uniformity correction hardware in electro-optical/ infrared (EO/IR) sensors to reduce sensor size, weight, power, and cost (SWaP-C), simplify maintenance and integration, and streamline mission continuity of operations. The Digital-pixel Readout Integrated Circuits (DROIC) is an enabling technology for future sensors built f ...

Physical Sciences Inc., proposes to develop and demonstrate a scale-up process for a desensitized oxidizer ingredient for composite propellants by coating it with targeted compounds that have shown to enhance its thermal stability at low pre-ignition temperatures of composite propellants. In Phase II, we will build on the Phase I success to develop a scalable coating process that is affordable and ...

The benefit to DOD is the ability to increase the performance capabilities of missile interceptors. The primary market for the proposed technology is for missile EO/IR windows and domes for seekers and interceptors for DOD prime contractors, which we estimate be more than $21,000,000. Other potential markets are body armor, windows for high power lasers, rugged widows for LIDAR for automobiles and ...

The proposed effort is a follow-on project to mature and extend BlueRISC's UniQore secure, soft-core processor and associated toolkit. The UniQore toolkit automatically co-creates a per-device-unique, configurable secure processor, as well as associated enabling software build environment, enabling unique execution environments, instruction set, and protected memory interfaces. The unique executio ...

The Phase II project combines existing innovative machine data collection with machine learning to create an Intelligent Dynamic Data Logging system that enables MDA to increase the volume of simulation executions to tens of thousands or more annually. Data logging is a foundational component of missile defense simulation but applies to other industries and markets. Examples include self-driving v ...

SI2 Technologies, Inc. (SI2) proposes to design and develop an improved dual-band datalink antenna suite for various BMD platforms. We will leverage our validated Phase II X-band datalink antenna design, as well as our initial S-band datalink antenna design to refine and optimize a form-factor dual-band antenna suite for the guidance section of various BMD platforms. The proposed antenna suite is ...

The proposed printed radiation shielding technology will afford robust microelectronics protection without the size, weight, power, cost, and schedule burden of conventional shield approaches. SI2’s shielding solution also has application to electronics used in satellites, nuclear facilities, and medical facilities. Approved for Public Release | 19-MDA-9932 (21 Feb 19)

SI2 Technologies, Inc. (SI2) proposes to continue the rapid development of lightweight, multifunctional components that will improve the communications capability, increase the battle space, and reduce the cost of kill vehicles. In the Phase II program, SI2 proposes to identify specific transition platforms for integration and refine the Phase I antenna system requirements to target transition opp ...

The flight and environment conditions encountered by vehicles operating in the Mach 10 to 20+, or high hypersonic, regime are complex and difficult to model. Under such conditions, ablating heat shield material is entrained in the flow in the form of gases and particulates and reactive chemistry between atmospheric and ablating species creates a non-local thermodynamic equilibrium (NLTE) environme ...