SBIR/STTR Research Award
Energy Deposition to Sculpt Upstream Densities and Control Common Aerovehicle, Strongly Reducing Drag and Ablation
Award amount
$899,819Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2008Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- PHYSICS, MATERIALS, AND APPLIED MATHEMATICS RESEARCH L.L.C.
- Proposal award date
- 2008-09-19
- Contract end date
- 2010-09-19
- UEI
- MUFWJXE2CKZ1
- Solicitation number
- 2007.1
- Topic code
- AF071-266
Research abstract
A versatile technique will be applied to preferentially reduce drag on different CAV designs, serving as an innovative approach to control effectors. Once air is accelerated by a high speed vehicle, strong drag forces are generated which must be countered by control surfaces. This requires tremendous actuator force and ablation resistance by the surfaces. Our approach will control the distribution of air ahead of the vehicle, to not only minimize the drag and ablation experienced by the CAV, but also to ensure that the drag forces steer the body as desired. This application allows additional embodiments, including total drag-reduction and munition deployment that can be explored in follow-on phases.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
- Electromagnetic Penetration of Hypersonic Plasma Sheath to Achieve Continuous Communication During Re-Entry
- Implementation of Impulsive Energy Deposition
- Femtosecond Direct Diode Laser System (fsDDLS) to Enable Hypersonic Drag Reduction
- Efficient, Low-Cost and Optimized Riblet Application to Standard Contoured Aircraft Surfaces
- Upstream Energy Deposition Extension
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Impulsive Energy Deposition for High-Speed Flight
- Energy Deposition to Sculpt Upstream Densities and Control Common Aerovehicle, Strongly Reducing Drag and Ablation
- Innovative Control Effectors for Common Aerovehicle (CAVs)
Research funding history
58 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2000–2024). Reported award amounts total $26,811,041. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Energy, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Homeland Security