Digital Solid State Propulsion, Inc — Department of Defense SBIR Phase II: Our Precision Attitude Control System (PACS) delivers high precision attitude control for
Digital Solid State Propulsion, Inc — SBIR Phase II award from Department of Defense.
Phase II SBIR prototype / development signal
- Phase II is where Department of Defense funds deeper R&D after feasibility. Incumbents with Phase II history are serious competitors on adjacent topics.
- Use this award as past-performance context and to map customer organizations for STRATFI/TACFI-style transition planning.
- Obligated amount $994,105 is consistent with substantial Phase II-scale effort; compare to related awards from the same agency.
- Amount
- $994,105
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Missile Defense Agency
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase II
- Solicitation
- 2011.2
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- NV
- Period
- 2013-08-19 → 2015-08-20
Description
Our Precision Attitude Control System (PACS) delivers high precision attitude control for Kinetic Weapon (KW) long range target discrimination and acquisition. The PACS utilizes electrically-controlled solid propellant (ESP), an innovative propulsion technology that enables fast burn rate control, throttling, and extinguishment of thrusters, simply by controlling applied electrical current. This unique feature of the PACS will allow the KW to operate for extended durations when combined with a conventional liquid or solid-extinguishment DACS. In addition, ESP thrusters are small, light-weight, have a modular design, and are capable of providing on-demand multiple pulses. Thrusters can be easily controlled and packaged in groups or"clusters", making them adaptable to a number of KW configurations. ESP propulsion systems are inherently safe, insensitive to high temperature and mechanical stress, non-toxic, and inexpensive. This proposed Phase II SBIR Program will support the maturation of DSSP"s proposed PACS to a system-level TRL.