Design and Test of an Unmanned Vehicle Micro-Turbine Engine

M-DOT proposes to: perform basic research, conduct trade studies that examine design options for a less-than five inch diameter low-cost expendable turbojet or turbofan engine for use on unmanned air vehicles, and generate a proposal that would detail the applicability of such a power system to unmanned air vehicles that are either in existence, under development or under consideration for future projects. The following tasks comprise this effort: - A feasibility study will be conducted that examines the mission-specific applications for the micro-turbine engine/UAV combination within Navy requirements. - A trade study will be conducted that examines performance tradeoffs of the micro-turbine engine versus conventional/current engine technologies applied to UAV's. - Preliminary designs of flight-weight hardware systems will be synthesized and analyzed.