Scalable Design Method for Reconfigurable Canard Actuation Systems

Canard Actuation System (CAS) design has traditionally been an iterative, complicated and costly process, with each implementation unique. Sufficiently balancing launch survivability, the Guidance, Navigation & Control (GN&C) requirements, cost, weight, power, volume and packaging constraints of the projectile itself is a challenging process. To improve this process the Army seeks a CAS design methodology that is highly scalable and configurable. The CAS design tool will allow designers to more easily match GN&C needs to actuation technologies that will be suitable to the projectile design space. Specifically the Army requires a CAS sizing and optimization tool that is scalable across many different calibers. Mid endeavors to build upon its Phase I successes to produce a multi-disciplinary modeling tool, with sufficient validation, to create scalable CAS to greatly reduce implementation time and cost.