SBIR/STTR Research Award
AERODYNAMICALLY-ACTIVATED JAMMER BATTERY
Award amount
$378,600Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1990Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- Arias Research Associates Inc.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
THE FEASIBILITY OF USING AERODYNAMIC HEATING LOADS ON THE HPJ JAMMER BODY TO ACTIVATE A HIGH POWER MINIATURE BATTERY WILL BE INVESTIGATED. A MOLTEN ELECTROLYTE BATTERY OF NOVEL DESIGN APPEARS CAPABLE OF ACHIEVING MORE THAN TWICE THE VOLUMETRIC POWER DENSITY REQUIRED BY THE JAMMER AND ROUGHLY 50 TO 100 TIMES THE POWER DENSITY OF SMALL LITHIUM LIQUID-ELECTROLYTE CELLS. AUTOMATIC BATTERY ACTIVATION AND ELECTRICAL PERFORMANCE IN THE 350 KFT TO 50 KFT JAMMER LAUNCH REGIME WILL BE STUDIED AND A PRELIMINARY BATTERY DESIGN DEVELOPED.
Technology keywords
Not reported