MEMS MILITARY APPLICATIONS- RTO TASK GROUP SUMMARY OCTOBER 2000 TO OCTOBER 2003

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MEMS MILITARY APPLICATIONS- RTO TASK GROUP
SUMMARYOCTOBER 2000 TO OCTOBER 2003

• Klaus Schadow
• schadowkc_at_cox.net

CANEUS 2004
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Outline

• Background
• Task Group Objectives
• High Payoff Applications
• Impact on Future Capabilities and Operations
• Follow-on Activities

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Background

• Military/Aerospace Applications
• Studies Have Shown Potential
• Unique Challenges
• AVT MEMS Task Group
• Realistic Assessment of Selected Topics
• Applied Vehicle Technologies (AVT)

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Task Group Objectives

• Review MEMS RD Programs
• Focus on High Pay-Off Applications
• 1. Flow Control
• 2. Inertial Measurement Units
• 3. Gas Turbine Applications
• 4. Fuze/Safety and Arming
• 5. Munitions Health Monitoring

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Flow Control
BOUNDARY SEPARATION CONTROL REDUCE INLET
DISTORTIONS
MANEUVERABILITY LEADING EDGE CONTROL REDUCED
SYSTEMS WEIGHT
MANEUVERABILITY MICRO-JET ARRAY
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Flow Control Maneuverability Without Control
Surfaces
Flexible Sensor/Actuator Skin
UCLA and Aerovironment
MEMS SENSOR/Actuator Array on the Leading Edge of
Wing of 1/7 Scale Fighter
UCLA and Aerovironment
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Flow Control

• Status Physics Understood and Concepts
  Demonstrated
• RD Needs Practical Implementation Requires
  Additional RD
• Insertion Inlet Ducts, UAVs, Manned Vehicles
• Barriers Actuators Exposed to Working Fluid
  Environment

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Inertial Measurement Units (IMU)

• Missile and Projectile Guidance
• Platform Stabilization
• Unmanned Airborne Vehicles