ITC/USA 2007 Conference Proceedings / The Forty-Third Annual International Telemetering Conference and Technical Exhibition / October 22-25, 2007 / Riviera Hotel & Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada / The Joint Advanced Missile Instrumentation (JAMI) Program’s main thrust has
been the integration of Global Positioning System (GPS) tracking technology into the
Department of Defense (DoD) Missile Test Ranges. This technology could be used for
Time, Space, Position, and Information (TSPI), Flight Termination (FTS), or End Game
Scoring purposes. However the Program’s main goal is to develop Proof-of-Concept
components only. Transitioning Missile technology developed by the Government to
Private Industry, so that it can be economically mass produced, has been quite a
challenge. Traditionally, private industry has had to bid on proposals without much
detailed information on how these components have been designed and fabricated.
These unknown risks, Non-Recurring Engineering (NRE) and Missile Flight Qualification
costs, routinely have significantly increased the price of these procurement contracts.
In order so that the Fleet can economically utilize these components in the field,
Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADA) between the
Government and Private Industry have been used to successfully transition Government
developed technology to mass production. They can eliminate the NRE and flight
qualification costs to provide for an economical and low risk method of providing the
Fleet with the latest advances in GPS Tracking Technology. This paper will discuss
how this is currently being accomplished in the development of a conformal wraparound
instrumentation antenna for a five-inch diameter Missile Telemetry (TM) Section.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:arizona.edu/oai:arizona.openrepository.com:10150/604581 |
| Date | 10 1900 |
| Creators | Kujiraoka, Scott R., Fielder, Russell G. |
| Contributors | NAVAIR |
| Publisher | International Foundation for Telemetering |
| Source Sets | University of Arizona |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text, Proceedings |
| Rights | Copyright © held by the author; distribution rights International Foundation for Telemetering |
| Relation | http://www.telemetry.org/ |
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