SBIR/STTR Research Award
Advanced Divert and Attitude Control (DACS) system for the Miniature Kill Vehicle (MKV)
Award amount
$90,157Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2004Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Missile Defense Agency
- Recipient company
- Radiance Technologies, Inc.
- Proposal award date
- 2004-05-04
- Contract end date
- 2004-11-03
- UEI
- YXRLX5PDCWK4
- Solicitation number
- 2004.1
- Topic code
- MDA04-058
Research abstract
Microfabrication technologies have made possible the development of microscale energy conversion and chemical processing systems. Micro-power generators (combustion chamber volume Ĕ 10-20 mm3), which burn hydrogen or hydrocarbon fuels, have the potential to be more compact and longer-lived than chemical batteries as a portable power source. The development process of Miniature Kill Vehicles (MKVs) will greatly benefit from the advancement of microfabricated propulsion systems. Since storable liquid bipropellant systems offer the most performance (Specific Impulse, Isp, as high as 450s, high thrust to weight ratio) and the most versatility (pulsing, restart, variable thrust), the MKVs could effectively utilize liquid bipropellant microrockets for their divert propulsion and attitude control systems for higher effectiveness, better range, maneuverability, and kill performance.
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.
- Detection of Hostile Fire from the Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA)
- Virtual Shooter
- MEMS Based Solutions for an Integrated and Miniaturized Multi-Spectrum Energy Harvesting and Conservation System
- TRIPCORE Pre Fab Detection Toolkit
- Explosive Pulsed Power: Ferroelectric Generators for Advanced Munitions
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Novel Low Cost Waterjet Machining of Hard Materials for MDA Applications
- Novel Low Cost Machining Techniques for Making Rhenium Components for the Miniature Kill Vehicle (MKV)
- Development of High-Power-Density DACS for MKVs
Research funding history
93 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2001–2016). Reported award amounts total $37,330,807. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Agriculture
Contractor profile
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