Fast Nuclear Event Detection and Circumvention System FPA ROIC

End product of SBIR is a fully qualified NED for use in GBI (4/Kill Vehicle and 4/Booster). The NED is 1/15 the volume and has 1/3 the power consumption of leading commercial NED. It will enable DISTRIBUTED, MULTI-LEVEL circumvention and recovery, replacing the current single-level circumvention of the ENTIRE electronics. This will also allow optimization and reduction of GBI shielding. The NED will be radiation hardened to HANES Levels 1, 2, & 3. Key innovation is use of Si transistors as the radiation sensors as opposed to PIN diodes. Phase II work will include developing and optimizing the sensor as well as qualifying the NED for use on GBI. This will include comparing sensors made with the TI BiCom Process and the Peregrine Process. The development of the NED has been endorsed by Boeing (Dr. Duncan Still, GBI System Engineering) and the GBI Program Manager, Colonel Damian Bianca. ATK Mission Research will be performing the radiation effects testing and Dr. Bill Seidler (Boeing) will be the GBI interface.