3 research outputs found
Sabot high speed interceptor AE 4273 aircraft design
Today's carrier based deck launched intercept (DLI) mission is a vital one that is aimed at protecting the carrier battle group and detering potential adversaries. The assets deployed on our carrier decks are able to complete this mission but with very limited range. The waverider concept has great potential to increase the range of this carrier based mission. As a result, a request for proposals (RFP) was developed which contains design requirements for an aircraft that can complete this mission through the utilization of waverider technology
Photon-noise limited sensitivity in titanium nitride kinetic inductance detectors
We demonstrate photon-noise limited performance at sub-millimeter wavelengths
in feedhorn-coupled, microwave kinetic inductance detectors (MKIDs) made of a
TiN/Ti/TiN trilayer superconducting film, tuned to have a transition
temperature of 1.4~K. Micro-machining of the silicon-on-insulator wafer
backside creates a quarter-wavelength backshort optimized for efficient
coupling at 250~\micron. Using frequency read out and when viewing a variable
temperature blackbody source, we measure device noise consistent with photon
noise when the incident optical power is ~0.5~pW, corresponding to noise
equivalent powers ~3 W/. This
sensitivity makes these devices suitable for broadband photometric applications
at these wavelengths
Sabot high speed interceptor AE 4273 aircraft design
Today's carrier based deck launched intercept (DLI) mission is a vital one that is aimed at protecting the carrier battle group and detering potential adversaries. The assets deployed on our carrier decks are able to complete this mission but with very limited range. The waverider concept has great potential to increase the range of this carrier based mission. As a result, a request for proposals (RFP) was developed which contains design requirements for an aircraft that can complete this mission through the utilization of waverider technology.NASW-4435Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited