SBIR/STTR Research Award
TACTICAL DECEPTION INFRARED SIGNATURE/GENERATOR ALTERNATIVES
Award amount
$50,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1987Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Army
- Recipient company
- Material Concepts Inc
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
MATERIAL CONCEPTS, INC. WILL ATTEMPT TO DEVELOP A TWO-DIMENSIONAL IR DECOY SYSTEM USING METAL-COATED FABRICS WHICH CAN BE RESISTIVELY HEATED TO GENERATE THE PROPER IR SIGNATURES. SUCH A SYSTEM WILL BE LIGHTWEIGHT, EASY TO TRANSPORT, COULD BE EASILY MASS PRODUCED AT AN ATTRACTIVE UNIT COST, AND WOULD WITHSTAND VARIOUS WEATHER AND BATTLEFIELD CONDITIONS. FURTHER, THIS SYSTEM WOULD BE FLEXIBLE AND EASILY CONFIGURED TO SERVE AS DECOY FOR A VARIETY OF VEHICLE TYPES.
Technology keywords
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