Advanced Cooling Technologies for Multifunctional Information Distribution System (MIDS) Terminals

The Multifunctional Information Distribution System (MIDS) family of terminals are utilized by the US armed forces and their allies for command, control, communications, computation, and intelligence (C4I) operations. The US Navy is currently transitioning from the MIDS-Low Volume Terminal (LVT) to the MIDS-Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS). MIDS-JTRS allows for increased capabilities, however, the dissipated power and therefore heat within the terminal are increasing. The thermal management scheme for the MIDS-LVT cannot dissipate the additional heat of the MIDS-JTRS and this heat negatively impacts the performance and the reliability of the MIDS-JTRS as its electronic components' temperatures rise above specified maximums. To address the thermal challenges of MIDS-JTRS, Advanced Cooling Technologies, Inc. (ACT) proposes this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I program to develop a feasible approach for integrating new and innovative heat transfer technology into the terminals which will provide significantly increased cooling capacity while maintaining size weight, and power (SWaP) of the system.