Earmark - Ballute Technology Development (Note: only to address technical issues with ballute inflation loads and kill vehicle dynamics, selection of ballute materials, flight dynamics, stability and control, weight and stowed volume of the ballute system)

Agency:		Department of Defense--Military
Bureau:		Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation
Account:		Research, development, test, and evaluation, Army (21-2040)
Certifying Official:		Deputy Comptroller Program/Budget
Contact Information:		http://WWW.DOD.GOV 703-697-5131

Ballute Technology Development (Note: only to address technical issues with ballute inflation loads and kill vehicle dynamics, selection of ballute materials, flight dynamics, stability and control, weight and stowed volume of the ballute system)

1 recipient will receive $958,000. This is a continuing earmark.

Year Enacted: 2005

Description: A ballute is a hybrid balloon-parachute device for generating high drag and vehicle deceleration. Recent government and academic research has focused using ballutes for planetary entry applications. Technology issues under investigation include: optimal ballute configuration, ballute survivability, aerodynamic characterization, system mass, trajectory robustness, deployment and inflation, and experimental verification.

Beneficiary/Recipient	Amount ($K)	Program	Type	Address
Vicus Technologies, LLC.	$958		For-Profit	Summerfield, FL

Citation

Source: Appropriations Report Language - Conference

Reference: 108-622

Location: Line 55, Page 263

Citation Excerpt: Ballute Technology Development (Note: only to address technical issues with ballute inflation loads and kill vehicle dynamics, selection of ballute materials, flight dynamics, stability and control, weight and stowed volume of the ballute system)

Last Modified: 16-Apr-2007