Cost Effective, High Performance Ceramic Composite Components

Triton Systems, Inc. And our team members propose a Phase II program which will enable revolutionary advances in critical ballistic defense systems at reduced acquisition and lifetime costs. During the Phase I program, Triton successfully demonstratedthe ability to rapidly fabricate complex shape continuos fiber reinforced ceramic composite (CMC) structural components which have excellent thermo-mechanical and physical properties over a broad temperature range, cryogenic to 5000f. The Triton team willbuild on our Phase I successes to further develop our fabrication processes, CMC design methodologies, and material properties database for specific component/product applications. With our end-user team members, we will utilize the Triton CMC technologiesfor three component development thrusts, adaptive mirrors for high energy laser (HEL) systems, rocket propulsion compents for kill vehicles, and large, complex CMC structures with sophisticated fiber architectures for the next generation of high speedmissiles and space vehicles. As a result of the Phase II program, we will have achieved the necessary innovations to produce cost-effective CMC products for use in a wide variety of military and commercial applications. The additional developments anduse-environment specific material improvements will be the critical steps needed to insert Tritons' CMC technology into the US and world marketplace. The components we initially develop will enable revolutionary advances in future generations of adaptivemirror, rocket propulsion, and missile or space vehicle TPS components in terms of reduced acquisition and lifetime maintenance costs, decreased system weights, and increased performance, impacting a number of BMD and other defense systems. As we maturethe technology base, our development efforts will expand to focus on products which will penetrate the more lucrative commercial ceramic markets. We will leverage our successes in optimizing compositions, processes, and product/materials designmethodologies, to insert both commodity and unique products into the $8 Billion per annum market for advanced ceramic components