Lightweight and Low Cost Pyrotechnic Gas Generator for HIAD

Entry, descent, and landing systems with capability beyond current state-of-the-art are required for a number of missions. These missions represent an immediate need for return of orbital payloads, and include larger milestone objectives up to a manned flight to Mars which requires landing a payload many times beyond that achieved to date. In this Phase I SBIR, Storm Castle Technical Products intends to produce a lightweight and low-cost gas generator based on pyrotechnic reaction. To achieve this objective, the company will procure chemical cores based on a successfully demonstrated technology and engineer the generator system around those cores.nbsp;The generator system will be based on a composite overwrapped pressure vessel concept. In addition to mass and cost savings over other demonstrations, this new architecture is expected to feature very low particulate concentration and enhanced temperature control in the outlet gas stream. Technical work will include rigorous analysis of candidate materials systems, productions of preliminary drawings, and demonstration of small-scale generators. At the end of Phase I, a refined design concept with complete materials selection and in situ demonstration will be completed.