Aerospace Engineering Solutions

BMD Interceptor & Launch System Design & Development

CTI's FSG personnel have extensive experience across a wide range of BMDS programs.  Some of our core areas of expertise and specific program experience are identified below:

• Mission Planning, Range Coordination and Test Experience

  • Dozens of flight tests, including Hera, Titan IV, SRALT, LRALT, THAAD, LCI, CKEM

  • Users: THAAD and PAC-3, Navy, Air Force, Army

  • Ranges: WSMR, PMRF, RTS, Pt. Mugu, VAFB, Eglin, CCAF

• Requirements & Integration

  • Analysis, Requirements flow down, Specifications, ICD’s, Telemetry plans

  • Hardware & Software Integration & Test

  • Interface Definition, Management, Baseline Control

• Guidance, Navigation and Control (GN&C)

  • Design, Algorithm Development, Performance Analysis, Software Requirements

• High Fidelity 6DOF Simulation Modeling and Analysis

• Range Support

  • Range safety analyses, including debris analysis and worst case turns

  • UDS inputs (PI, PRD, ORD)

  • TM displays, vehicle interface

• Testing

  • Formal qualification testing, hardware-in-the-loop (HWIL), modal surveys, system level integration testing, wind tunnel

  • Launch site integration and flight test

• Post-flight data reduction and analysis

  • Flight reconstruction

  • Simulation verification

• IV & V of Autopilot/GNC Designs

• Interceptor Program Experience

  • KKV DACS: KEW, Brilliant Pebbles, Hover Testing, GBI, MKV

  • CKEM (static fire & launch)

  • LCI (static fire & short hot launch)

• Target Program Experience

  • TMD Targets (Hera, SRALT, LRALT)

  • Castor IVB Post Flight Analysis

  • RV design (MBRV family, BRV, MTV)

For more information, please contact John Caplan.