MIT/DRAPER Technology Development Partnership Project
Subtitle: Design, assembly, and test of the launch and flight support and deploymnet system for a gun launched reconnaissance vehicle
By: Garrett W. Shook
Publisher: Available from National Technical Information Service
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Springfield, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 152
Description: The MIT/Draper Technology Development Partnership Project is a two year design and development project      between Draper Laboratory and the MIT department of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Overall aims of the      project include the development and testing of an innovative first-of-a-kind system using the capabilities of both      institutions over a two year period. During the first year, the Partnership decided on the design and development      of a gun-launched aerial reconnaissance vehicle compatible with current U.S. Navy five inch guns. The second      year team began with a review of the previous work and continued project development with the detailed      design, manufacturing, and testing of two proof- of-concept vehicles. This thesis reviews the system design from      concept review through the final design and testing. Design and development of the launch and flight support      system and the vehicle deployment system is covered in detail. These systems protect the reconnaissance flyer      during launch and ballistic flight and initiate the deployment sequence. The major systems critical to a gun      launched reconnaissance vehicle were tested. Innovative subsystems successfully survived launch within an eight      inch test canister. The thesis covers the results of the development and testing and can serve as a design path for      further integration and design of the vehicle into an operational unit.
Notes: "June 1998."

Thesis (Master in Engineering) Massachusetts Institute of Technology, June 1998.

Includes bibliographical references (leaves 103-105)

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