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Aztex has developed a technology to reinforce composites called Z-Fiberr insertion. Normally standard carbon fiber pins are inserted through the thickness of an uncured carbon prepreg laminate using ultrasonic energy. The resulting product has superiordamage tolerance. It is possible to adapt this process to use thermally conductive pins and to insert them in the Z direction through a pitch based ...

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Imaging sensors, or focal plane arrays (FPAs), designed to detect the light signature of ballistic missiles, are a critical component of the Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA) space sensor program known as the Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS). The need to detect a missile at the greatest distance from its intended target, drives the advancement of sensor technology toward the increased ...

ALTAIR Center proposes to develop new type of fast X-ray sensors based on wide bandgap materials, such as sapphire (single crystal Al2O3) and single crystal ZrO2, for several potential military and civilian applications. We will use a specially designedprocess of formation of contacts on large variety of wide bandgap semiconductors and dielectrics via their laser ablation in order to control the s ...

We will design, develop, and deliver a 1280x1024 pixel indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) focal plane array (FPA) and camera for visible and short wavelength infrared (SWIR) imaging. A 1280x1024 substrate-removed InGaAs focal plane array with high quantum efficiency from 0.4 µm to 1.7 mm will be developed for use in this camera. The camera will thus be usable for visible imaging, low light SWIR i ...

Electrostatic thrusters are the likely choice for station keeping of the new generation of small communication satellites. Xenon is the fuel of choice for these thrusters because of its high mass and low ionization potential. Existing worldwide xenon production will not permit fueling of more than a small fraction of the projected satellite population unless significant price increase of Xe is rea ...

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Advanced wideband, large, multimode distributed phase array radars require significantly improved T/R modules. Q-DOT proposes a staged X-band receiver block (XRB) chip development, beginning with the key analog to digital converter (ADC). Combined with key RF front end cells and integrated as a single-chip X-band receiver, the proposed X-band receiver block offers 10 to 20 dB dynamic range improve ...

Advanced wideband, large, multimode distributed phase array radars require T/R modules which are much smaller and lower in power than present components. Q-DOT proposes a staged X-band receiver block (XRB) development, beginning with the key analog to digital converter (ADC) and supporting circuits (T/H, demux). The proposed ADC directly samples the X-band, eliminating intermediate frequency (IF) ...

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