PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC. — Department of Defense SBIR Phase I: Physical Sciences Inc. proposes to design, develop, and demonstrate a controllable solid p

PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC. — SBIR Phase I award from Department of Defense.

Amount
$99,970
Agency
Department of Defense · Missile Defense Agency
Program / Phase
SBIR · Phase I
Solicitation
2012.2
NAICS
Place of performance
MA
Period
2013-03-18 → 2013-09-21

Description

Physical Sciences Inc. proposes to design, develop, and demonstrate a controllable solid powdered propellant rocket motor for throttleable divert and attitude control systems (TDACS) in missile interceptors. Our concept enables a controllable and throttleable thrust pulsing operation, as well as, multiple start capability comparable to bipropellant liquid propulsion systems. In Phase I, the proposed investigation will focus on experimentally characterizing critical operational parameters to ensure realistic system level design with the intention of achieving a prototype demonstration in Phase II while simultaneously maximizing performance of future TDACS capability.