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An Integrated Design System for Weapons Subsystem Development
NAVSEA CARDEROCK Media Source: DoN SBIR/STTR Success Stories
 
About the Technology:
Click to View Full Size ImageThe Naval Surface Warfare Center has identified a need for a parametric, conceptual computer aided design (CAD) system for naval gun subsystem designs. The software should allow systems engineers to share information and collaborate on design projects. The level of analysis ranges from high level rule-based design to complex analysis algorithms. Phoenix Integration (Phoenix) has developed an engineering software tool that addresses these needs with a modeling interface and dynamic analysis software. The software links multiple computer programs together to afford engineers access to all design information in one application. The software integrates programs for the design and analysis of combat weapon subsystems and resolves a compatibility deficiency for ship design modules that needed weapon system concepts to be configured and analyzed in a timely manner.
 
Applications:   Military and Commercial Significance:
  • G-33 Gun Design Group, propulsion design
  • Future combat systems, conceptual design of aircraft
  • Torpedo design, integrated hypersonic analysis
  • Second Generation Reusable Launch Vehicles
  • Aircrafts, space/missiles, satellite design
  • Automotive, electronics
  • Oil and gas exploration
  Phoenix Integration’s ModelCenter® is the commercial result of this research. ModelCenter® gives DoD the ability to rapidly develop a single, unified picture of cost, performance, and risk for the design of weapons subsystems. The modeling and analysis tool offers designers a graphical, interactive capability for creating shipboard subsystems in less time and at less expense. ModelCenter® allows for a better analysis of design alternatives. Further, a better understanding of the total system is gained from a modeling and analysis tool that creates multiple subsystems and shows the integration between each element. The system quickly simulates design performance, which provides greater insight into the model’s technology. ModelCenter® enables greater competitiveness among companies by improving productivity and allowing engineers to focus on important design issues. These efficiencies reduce engineering man hours and labor cost, and helps speed products to market.
 
Industry Contact:   Government Contact:
Phoenix Integration
1715 Pratt Drive, Suite 2000
Blacksburgh, VA 24060

E-Mail: malone@phoenix-int.com
Telephone: (540) 961-7215
Country: USA
   Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division

West Bethesda, MD 20817-5700

Telephone: (301) 227-4299
 


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