Controllable and Adaptable Lateral Support System

This SBIR Phase II effort will be aimed towards designing and testing a controllable missile lateral support system (LSS) that reacts automatically to shock and vibration inputs. A sub-scale lateral support system (LSS) assembly consisting of six jacking feet and a full-scale LSS jacking feet unit will be fabricated and tested. The electromechanically actuated LSS will offer controllable damping to protect the payload from shock and vibrations events, while having the capability of aligning the canister within the missile tube. The proposed design concept will utilize a smart material to provide automatically controllable shock and vibration damping for variable payload weights contained within the missile tube. In Phase II a control system will be developed for optimized performance of the scaled LSS and for integration with ship controls.