SBIR-STTR Award

Several devices for suspension of advanced stand-off weapons and missiles from existing bomb racks and missile hangers attached to an aircraft will be conceptually developed. The devices with no OR much reduced drag when the weapon is released will increase the flying/falling characteristics and performance of the weapon. The device(s) which after the conceptual definition show(s) a potentiality for meeting the operational requirement will be the object for preliminary design in sufficient details to permit evaluation and selection of the device which will best meet the requirements and should be the object for prototype design, fabrication and testing in follow-on phase(s).

The Phase I study and development of advanced weapon suspension devices defined a no-drag lug concept for a bomb weapon and a no-drag launching hangers for missiles. Demonstration of the feasibility of the two advanced concepts is proposed. Detail designs of full scale devices for mounting in dummy weapons (also to be designed) will be made. Following fabrication and assembly the structural integrity and functional capabiities will be demonstrated by limited laboratory testing. The testing will comprise static load testing, vibratory testing and release testing.