Five years of SDIO power development progress

Author

Verga, Richard ; Buden, David ; Nikolich, Milan

Author_Institution

Strategic Defense Initiative Organ., Washington, DC, USA

fYear

1990

fDate

26-28 Jun 1990

Firstpage

13

Lastpage

18

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;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Modulator Symposium, 1990., IEEE Conference Record of the 1990 Nineteenth

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MODSYM.1990.201023

Filename

201023