Advanced Synergistic Structures for Interceptor Kill Vehicles

SDC proposes a Phase II project to leverage the numerous technology development programs toward an integrated kill vehicle assembly. The individual component technologies are well into development, however, the impact of simply adding the subcomponents into a traditional missile structure is a KV assembly with redundant structure. The objectives of the Phase II program is to integrate MDA-developed critical technologies that will result in a reduced volume and reduced mass kinetic kill vehicle. The technical innovation is the tailoring of lightweight composite materials into configurations that provide subsystem integration and eliminate the redundant structure. For this proposal, technologies will be integrated into a prototype KV to address all the functions of the KV including propulsion, electronics and communication antenna packaging directly onto the structural walls, layered radiation hardening of electronics and a sensor assembly that includes seeker electronics and optics packaged on a common mounting surface. Because the proposed Phase II focus is integrating several technologies, SDC has partnered with other companies to create a critical mass of technologies for integration into a KV assembly. The goal for the end of the Phase II program is to fabricate and test some functionality of full scale KV subsystems and to demonstrate integration of the subsystem into a prototypical assembly