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Precise monitoring and maintenance of engine lubricating oils is essential to extend operating life and minimize engine wear. Oil analysis has long been used by the Navy for preventative maintenance of its fleet. However, the manpower requirements for these maintenance programs place a significant burden on personnel. There is demand across all the armed services for the automation of preventative ...

Advanced Device Technology, Inc.(ADT) and the University of Iowa, Optical Science and Technology Center are pleased to respond to SBIR solicitation NO5-032 entitled " 1024 x 1024 Snapshot Two-Color Infrared Focal Plane Array for Air-to-Ground Applications". We propose to develop large format focal plane arrays on Strained Layer Superlattice (SLS) material to improve the capability of Navy's Ta ...

Standard U.S. Navy fiber optic assemblies require that the fiber be bonded to the connector using an adhesive that is labor intensive and heat controlled (MIL-A-24792). Advanced Material Systems (AMS) proposes a study that could solve this problem through the development of an adhesive system that would cure at room temperature in less that 3 minutes and yet meet all of the in-service req ...

The development of a ship wide integrated, modular, divisible, flexible, and fully distributed lighting control system will create significant construction and manpower savings in shipboard applications, while at the same time enabling US Navy vessels to meet new high temp operations that employ rapidly re-configurable lighting technologies successfully and safely. The proposed system will enable ...

This project proposes to study the core concepts of Active Conceptual modeling (A-CM) with applications to military and commercial systems. We plan to explore the feasibility of extending the mathematical framework for Entity-Relationship (ER)-based active conceptual modeling developed by Dr. Peter Chen to represent scenario snapshots that include time, space, uncertainty, and perspective dimensio ...

Recent trends in submarine design indicate the need for-locating more electrical components, such as propulsion motors and actuators, outside the pressure hull. As a result, there is a need for electrical hull penetrators/connectors which can transfer high currents or high voltages through the submarine's pressure hull. We propose to review the capabilities and limitations of existing penetrator/ ...

Enemy forces can be crippled quickly at the beginning of a war by separating the enemies command and control structure from its combat forces and other elements of its defensive network. A false target generator has the potential to saturate or tie up an enemies air defense net and increase survivability of our own airborne assets. An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is an optimum candidate for a dec ...

The objective is to demonstrate the feasibility of producing a portable, self-contained hyperspectral digital camera able to capture and process detailed images in the Visible and Near-Infra-Red (VNIR) spectral range providing the basis for effective object detection and discrimination. This proposal's objective is to reduce size and cost of the hyperspectral digital camera and make it a self-con ...

The dynamic characterization of polymer composites is becoming an increasingly important USN topic. As the Navy moves towards increased construction of composite high-speed craft, it becomes very important to have a complete understanding of their strength, stiffness and durability in such environments. This requires a proper composite materials database. The parameters necessary to deduce methods ...

Mezzo Technologies is currently developing an extremely compact, sturdy cross flow heat exchanger that is particularly effective in a variety of applications. The goal of this project is to optimize current panel design and configuration technology for use on the F-35/JSF aircraft, and examine the overall weight and volume gains by replacing plate fin heat exchangers currently used with Mezzo's c ...