Advanced Cooling Technologies for Multifunctional Information Distribution System (MIDS) Terminals

This SBIR is focused on development of novel thermal management technologies for Multifunctional Information Distribution System (MIDS) family of terminals, especially focused on MIDS-Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS). With increasing capabilities for MIDS-JTRS, there is a need to dissipate higher powers and resulting heat. Current thermal management schemes of MIDS are inadequate in meeting the needs of next-generation MIDS-JTRS terminals. To address the thermal challenges of MIDS-JTRS, Advanced Cooling Technologies, Inc. (ACT) proposed this SBIR program to develop multiple thermal technologies for MIDS platform and integrate them in new and innovative schemes that greatly enhance the heat transfer in the terminals and provide significant cooling capacity while maintaining Size Weight, and Power (SWaP) of the system. The Phase I effort performed a trade-study investigating the thermal performance of multiple technologies when applied in MIDS terminals and identified potential candidates for further development. The Phase II SBIR program will focus on further developmental effort, optimization of heat transfer schemes, fabrication of prototypes, thermal testing and qualification. This effort will be undertaken in collaboration with the MIDS vendors.