SBIR/STTR Research Award
Upstream Energy Deposition for Increased Speed and Precise Attitude/AoA Control of Hard Target Penetrators
Award amount
$99,961Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward 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
- 2008-03-24
- Contract end date
- 2008-12-24
- UEI
- MUFWJXE2CKZ1
- Solicitation number
- 2008.1
- Topic code
- AF081-047
Research abstract
The proposed approach involves repetitively depositing a line of energy ahead of a high-speed hard-target penetrator. The heated gas will expand, pushing air aside to create a straight, low-density column, through which the penetrator will propagate. This procedure removes over 90% of the drag on the vehicle, enabling much greater speeds, for both propelled and unpropelled platforms. The low-density tube furthermore exerts forces and moments on the body to keep it centered/aligned along the created path. These effects have been verified in a separate AFRL program on hypersonic platforms, and relevant energy-deposition hardware has been built and tested.
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.
- Flight Control Technology for Tightly Controlled Hard Target Impact
- Flight Control Technology for Tightly Controlled Hard Target Impact
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