Reusable Military Launch Systems (RMLS)

Abstract

The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has developed a design environment (IPAT) and approaches to assess the performance and operational capabilities of reusable launch systems in collaboration with the NASA and industry. This approach uses the AML design environment with parametric geometry modeling. This approach has been used successfully and resulted in the Rocket Boost-Back concept under development by AFRL and SMC under the FAST ground experiment program. The RMLS program has also developed the ability to create discrete-event models and perform operational assessment which includes resource management.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 2008
Accession Number
ADA477059

Entities

People

  • Gregory E. Moster

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerospace Craft
  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Boundary Layer
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Engineers
  • Material Degradation Processes
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Materials Testing
  • Rocket Engines
  • Systems Engineering

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Missile Defense Systems.
  • Software Engineering.