Surface to Air Missile Interceptor Debris Model for Anti-Ship Cruise Missile (ASCM) Defense

Hill Technical Solutions, Incorporated (HTSI) proposes to address the Program Executive Office, Integrated Warfare Systems, need for a Surface to Air Missile Interceptor Debris Model for Anti-Ship Cruise Missile (ASCM) Defense (Topic N181-059) by use of a generalized Maximum Entropy Debris Model (MEM). The original Maximum Entropy Model for Debris assumed breakup of a homogeneous solid under uniform expansion. Since an interceptor and target are neither homogeneous or experience uniform expansion, any generalized model must include methods of representing the material composition and configuration of both interceptor and target, and the dynamics of impact, without requiring the full fidelity of a hydrocode model of the bodies. HTSI proposes to redevelop the MEM using a matrix formulation for composition and configuration, representing simplified but realistic physics, which can be linearized and solved numerically. The results of this process will be compared to other models, such as the Kinetic Impact Debris Distribution models, for fidelity and evaluation.