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KVH Industries proposes to determine the feasibility of integrating its commercially (COTS) available, low cost, marine mobile, rate stabilized on-the-move antenna system with new `smart antenna' electronic array technology to produce a solid state, highly ruggedized, flat panel land mobile antenna system capable of multi-band satellite cornmunications. Recent developments in adaptive antenna tec ...

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This project will devise and develop an efficient and cost-effective technique for removing lead-contaminated paint films from painted surfaces in Army buildings scheduled for demolition. High-presure water jets confined within a shield (operating head) remove the paint from the surface. The operating head is sealed against the work surface by flexible flange. Small channels in the flange allow th ...

We propose to develop an Environmental Monitoring System by integrating various technologies to create a hybrid artificial neural network system. By functionally decomposing the requirements of environmental monitoring we can apply emerging technologies to fulfill these modularized requirements. Ten (10) years of experience indicate that the technologies directly applicable to specific requirement ...

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This proposal evaluates the feasibility of using biodegradable, non-toxic, non-persistent obscurants based upon biological materials. It further evaluates the feasibility of using biomanufacturing processes to produce such obscurants. BENEFITS: The anticipated/potential commercial application of this research is development and production of highly electromagnetic absorbing commercial materials ...

Tele-SyS, Inc. proposes to develop an Integrated Systems Digital Network (ISDN) mode capable of providing rapid, reliable, and low cost digital communication links between U. S. Army Near Term Digital Radio (NTDR) stations. The goal is to permit direct communications between high-speed digital (Group 4) fax machines, television surveillance equipment, digital telephones and other ISDN equipment o ...

A hybrid lithium ion battery / super capacitor energy storage device is developed that uses the high power capability of the super capacitor to satisfy pulsed power load requirements such that stress on the lithium ion batteries is reduced. This results in extended discharge time and higher efficiency utilization of the battery stack.

Accurate Automation Corporation proposes to develop a system design for an Ultra Short Pulse Laser beam director. The design and analysis will investigate diffractive and non-diffractive beam shapes as well as refractive and reflective laser optics. A high definition video camera along with a laser range finder and video processing will be used to keep the beam director locked onto the target whil ...