SBIR/STTR Research Award
EM GUN FOR LONG ROD PENETRATORS
Award amount
$500,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1988Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- IAP RESEARCH, INC.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- WBU3RUKH8DY8
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO DEVELOP A MULTI-RAIL RAILGUN AND A MULTI-ARMATURE LONG ROD PENETRATORS FOR ANTI-ARMOR APPLICATION. PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS INDICATES THAT RODS OF L/D BETWEEN 20-30 CAN BE LAUNCHED TO VELOCITIES OF 2 TO 4 KM/S, SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASING THE PRESENT STATE-OF-THE-ART IN ANTI-ARMOR WEAPONRY. KEY TECHNICAL ISSUES ARE INTER-RAIL INSULATION OF THE MULTI-RAIL GUN AND ARMATURE/SABOT INTERFACE WITH EXTREMELY HIGH L/D RODS.
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.
- SiC-Based High Voltage Capacitor Charging Innovations
- Field effects in processing lightweight materials with superior mechanical properties and microstructures
- Innovative, shock-load resistant Pulsed Power supply.
- Medium Voltage Direct Current (MVDC) Fault Detection, Localization, and Isolation
- Affordable Point of Use Conversion (PUC) Module for 400Hz Power System Applications
Research funding history
85 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1983–2017). Reported award amounts total $21,413,397. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Energy, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Science Foundation