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Composite Flywheels for Kinetic Vehicle Attitude Control

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Missile Defense Agency
Contract: F33615-02-M-5035
Agency Tracking Number: 02-1004
Amount: $69,991.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 2002
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
1331 N. Inyo
Ridgecrest, CA 93555
United States
DUNS: 783478159
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Michael Jacobson
 CEO/Principal Investigato
 (760) 446-4052
 mjacobson@quointech.com
Business Contact
 M.Cathryn Jacobson
Title: Vice President,
Phone: (760) 446-4052
Email: cjacobson@quointech.com
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

As BMDO strives to advance capabilities, one goal is to develop interceptor technologies that enable low mass, highly efficient, extremely agile interceptors to defend against current and projected BMDO threats. Specifically, they have identified a needfor components that reduce size and mass, improve control, reduce on-board power consumption, increase accuracy of guidance and control, and increase divert capability. Recent advances in the flywheel attitude control systems are leading the way to fullyfunctional, non-saturating KV control systems. These devices utilize a Quoin-developed concept defined as an integrating module to insure that the flywheels maintain a near zero average displacement. Expanding this concept to manufacture the flywheelsfrom composite materials (such as T-1000 carbon fibers) offer the potential for vastly increased operating speeds. For the flywheel ACS, doubling the operating speed can reduce the flywheel weight by 50% or the diameter by 25%. This technology willprovide improved performance and substantially lower program cost for the National Missile Defense Program.

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