MIL-STD-1760A COMPATIBLE MULTIPLE SMART WEAPON EMPLOYMENT MECHANISM

THIS PROJECT WILL DETAIL THE REQUIREMENTS TO ALLOW MULTIPLE MIL-STD-1760A COMPATIBLE STORES TO BE CARRIED AT A SINGLE MIL-STD-1760A AIRCRAFT/STORE INTERFACE LOCATION. M-TECH PROPOSES A CONCEPT THAT WILL INTEGRATE MULTIPLE MIL-STD-1760A COMPATIBLE STORES ON A SINGLE MIL-STD-1760A AIRCRAFT STATION THROUGH THE USE OF A MULTIPLE CARRIAGE RACK, (MCR). THIS CONCEPT WILL USE A NEWLY DEVELOPED ELECTRONICS PACKAGE IN THE MCR TO PERFORM THE EJECTION RACK OPERATIONS, MIL-STD-1553, AND MIL-STD-1760A FUNCTIONS. FEASIBILITY STUDIES BASED UPON THE STORE REQUIREMENTS WILL BE PERFORMED TO DETERMINE THE ELECTRONICS SIZE AND PACKAGING CONSTRAINTS. BASED UPON THE ELECTRONIC REQUIREMENTS, EXISTING MCR'S WILL BE ANALYZED TO DETERMINE IF THEY CAN BE MODIFIED OR IF NEW MCR'S NEED TO BE DEVELOPED TO INCORPORATE THE REQUIRED MIL-STD-1760A ELECTRONICS. THE END PRODUCT OF THIS SBIR PROJECT WILL BE A REPORT DETAILING THE RESULTS OF TRADE STUDIES RELATING TO PERFORMANCE, COST, DESIGN APPROACHES AND PRELIMINARY AEROMECHANICAL AND PACKAGING CONSIDERATIONS. INCLUDED ALSO IN THIS REPORT WILL BE A PRELIMINARY LEVEL 1 DRAWING IN ACCORDANCE WITH DOD-D-1000 OF THE MOST ADVANTAGEOUS DESIGN APPROACH.