Overview

Navy SBIR N232-112 (2023 solicitation, 2024 award): 'Electromagnetic Manipulation of Plasma on Hypersonic Reentry Bodies.' 'The plasma layer from hypersonic reentry serves to further propagate heat into the reentry vehicles while also increasing its radar visibility and causing a communications blackout.' 'The Navy seeks to implement developed technologies to manipulate or suppress the effects of environmental plasma with electromagnetic forces.' Navy SBIR Award 211245 (2024): 'Electromagnetic Penetration of Hypersonic Plasma Sheath to Achieve Continuous Communication During Re-Entry' — 'apply electromagnetic Energy Deposition techniques to disrupt/penetrate re-entry plasma sheaths.' Navy SBIR Award 211243 (2024): 'Low SWaP Hypersonic Plasma Mitigation Device for RF Transmission' — CFD Research Corporation — 'manipulate the plasma layer in the vicinity of the antenna aperture to allow electromagnetic waves to propagate,' 'continuous transmission during the entire flight... during the 6-minute reentry,' scalable across L-, S-, C-, X-, Ku-band. CRITICAL CONNECTION: SSP manages Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS) hypersonic missile. CPS involves hypersonic plasma sheath physics. Navy is funding SBIRs for plasma manipulation on hypersonic vehicles. Pais was at SSP during CPS development. Pais is a plasma physicist. A plasma physicist at SSP during CPS development would be a natural fit for plasma sheath mitigation research.

Entity Type: Program — Navy Plasma Sheath SBIR is a government or defense program/initiative.

Network Relationships

Navy Plasma Sheath SBIR connects to 3 entities in the intelligence network:

Organisations (1):

• → Navy SSP: Navy SBIR for hypersonic plasma — SSP manages CPS, Pais was at SSP

Persons (1):

• → Dr. Salvatore Pais: Pais plasma expertise could have been applied to CPS plasma sheath at SSP

Programs (1):

• → Conventional Prompt Strike: Navy funding plasma manipulation for hypersonic vehicles — CPS plasma sheath mitigation

Research Findings

Navy Plasma Sheath SBIR appears in 5 research analysis documents:

AMSC HTS Superconductor Analysis 2024:

Findings: AMSC HTS Superconductor Analysis 2024

Source PDF: AMSC_HTS_Superconductor_Analysis_2024.pdf Date range: 2015-2024 Source org: LANL

Summary

This Technology Watch Report provides a comprehensive technical analysis of American Superconductor Corporation’s (AMSC) second-g...

DoD DefenseAcquisitionGuidebook 2013:

Findings: Dod Defenseacquisitionguidebook 2013

Source PDF: DoD_DefenseAcquisitionGuidebook_2013.pdf Date range: 1973-2018 Source org: NASA

Summary

Published by the Department of Defense in 2013, the Defense Acquisition Guidebook provides the acquisition workforce with discretio...

GlobalEnergyCorp LCF Research 2024:

Findings: GlobalEnergyCorp LCF Research 2024

Source PDF: GlobalEnergyCorp_LCF_Research_2024.pdf Date range: 2013-2024 Source org: SNL

Summary

This dossier analyzes the research of physicist Larry Forsley and Global Energy Corporation regarding Lattice Confinement Fusion (LCF) a...

LockheedMartin ClandestineAerospaceProgram 2024:

Findings: LockheedMartin ClandestineAerospaceProgram 2024

Source PDF: LockheedMartin_ClandestineAerospaceProgram_2024.pdf Date range: 1975-2024 Source org: LANL

Summary

This intelligence assessment analyzes the roles of key personnel and the tripartite organizational structure ...

MSNW LLC Fusion Driven Rocket 2018:

Findings: MSNW LLC Fusion Driven Rocket 2018

Source PDF: MSNW_LLC_Fusion_Driven_Rocket_2018.pdf Date range: 2017-2018 Source org: LANL

Summary

This analytical report investigates the strategic transition of MSNW LLC and its founder, Dr. John Slough, into clandestine research fo...

Source Documents

Intelligence derived from 3 source documents:

• SBIR.gov — Award 211245 (2024)
• Navy SBIR — N232-112 solicitation
• SBIR.gov — Award 211243 (2024, CFD Research Corporation)