SBIR/STTR Research Award
FAST PLASMA/ANTENNA BORESIGHT ERROR CODE
Award amount
$185,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1990Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- XONTECH, INC.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
ADVANCED REENTRY SYSTEM SIMULATIONS NEED COMPREHENSIVE FLOW FIELD PLASMA, AEROTHERMAL ANTENNA WINDOW HEATING AND ABLATION, AND REENTRY ANTENNA PREDICTION CAPABILITIES. THE ON-BOARD ELECTROMAGNETIC (EM) SENSORS AND COHERENT SIGNAL PROCESSING ARE DEGRADED BY THE HOT ABLATING ANTENNA WINDOW AND PROPAGATION THROUGH THE PLASMA ENVIRONMENT. THE PROPOSED PHASE I RESEARCH WILL DETERMINE IF EXISTING STATE OF THE ART CODES CAN BE INTEGRATED TOGETHER INTO AN INTERACTIVE SET OF FLOW FIELD/AEROTHERMAL/ANTENNA ANALYSES WHICH COULD BE DIRECTLY COUPLED INTO EXISTING HI-FEDELITY - SIX-DEGREE-OF-FREEDOM (6DOF) TERMINAL GUIDANCE OR RADAR HOMING SIMULATIONS. THE RESEARCH WILL DETERMINE THE INTEGRATION ARCHITECTURE, EXPECTED CODE PERFORMANCE (TIME AND ACCURACY), A SET OF TEST CALCULATIONS, AND MODULE SOFTWARE SPECIFICATION.
Technology keywords
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