Title :
Five years of SDIO power development progress
Author :
Verga, Richard ; Buden, David ; Nikolich, Milan
Author_Institution :
Strategic Defense Initiative Organ., Washington, DC, USA
Abstract :
The Strategic Defense Initiative Organization (SDIO) Power and Power Conditioning program was established to develop the power technologies needed to enable the envisioned ground and space based sensor and weapon systems. Solar power technologies have demonstrated survivability with less weight than other systems. Hardware is being produced for space nuclear power, and lightweight, multimegawatt power source technologies have been demonstrated. These achievements will also impact applications beyond the scope of SDI into other DoD missions, NASA missions, and commercial applications
Keywords :
military systems; photovoltaic power systems; space vehicle power plants; weapons; DoD missions; NASA missions; Strategic Defense Initiative Organization; ground based sensor; power conditioning; power development; power source; solar power; space based sensor; space nuclear power; space weapon systems; Batteries; Costs; Fission reactors; Magnetohydrodynamic power generation; Power systems; Propulsion; Samarium; Sensor systems; Space technology; Weapons;
Conference_Titel :
Power Modulator Symposium, 1990., IEEE Conference Record of the 1990 Nineteenth
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
DOI :
10.1109/MODSYM.1990.201023
