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BOMB TERMINAL GUIDANCE

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Air Force
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 5917
Amount: $530,000.00
Phase: Phase II
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1988
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
73 Franklin St
Annapolis, MD 21401
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Thomas W Glynn
 (301) 268-6981
Business Contact
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Research Institution
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Abstract

GSI HAS DEVELOPED BOTH DUAL MODE MMW/IR SENSORS AS WELL AS TERMINAL SEEKERS FOR MLRS-TGW (MARTIN AND RAYTHEON), SADARM (AVCO), CGSP (BENDIX), AND OTHER PROGRAMS OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. WE ARE ALSO PRESENTLY DEVELOPING A LOW COST ELECTRONICALLY STEERED, MONOPULSE STRAP DOWN SEEKER FOR HIGH SPEED INTERCEPTED TERMINAL GUIDANCE. THIS PHASE I TASK WILL INVESTIGATE THE USE OF A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT INEXPENSIVE TERMINAL SEEKERS UTILIZING IR, MMW, PASSIVE RADIOMETRY, LIDAR, AND VARIOUS COMBINATIONS TO PROVIDE LIMITED DETECTION CAPABILITY (SMALL SEARCH AREA) AND TERMINAL GUIDANCE. THE INVESTIGATION WILL START WITH THE DETERMINATION OF SEEKER REQUIREMENTS BASED ON EXPECTED TRAJECTORIES, SEARCH AREAS, APPROACH ANGLES, TARGET CHARACTERISTICS, ETC. THE INVESTIGATION WILL COVER SCAN TECHNIQUES AND WAVEFORM CHARACTERISTICS FOR VARIOUS TYPE SENSORS TO DETERMINE A NUMBER OF POTENTIAL TERMINAL GUIDANCE SCHEMES. THESE WILL BE TRADED USING CRITERIA OR PERFORMANCE [CEP, PK (IF VULNERABILITY AVAILABLE)], VOLUME REQUIRED, UNUSUAL (UNBOMBLIKE) TRAJECTORY REQUIREMENTS, AND ULTIMATELY SEEKER COST (IN HIGH VOLUME PRODUCTION). GSI WILL ALSO DEFINE A CONCEPT VALIDATION PHASE II FOR THE MOST SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE.

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