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The lack of lubrication performance associated with JP-8 fuel in modern diesel engines equipped with High Pressure Common Rail (HPCR) fuel systems can lead to premature performance loss and catastrophic field failure. OEM¡¦s will need to first thoroughly understand these effects and then make provisions for JP-8 fuel compatibility as engines in the Army fleet are replaced with modern engines ...

Distributed fiber grating sensor technology is used to support the measurement of key blast wave parameters including position, velocity, pressure and temperature. The system will support and characterize existing propellants and explosives and be used to demonstrate the difference between materials that deflagrate and detonate.

Ensuring User Interface consistency is extremely difficult---manual review and developer coordination is required to achieve uniform interaction metaphors across operating systems, web browsers, applications, and disparate devices. This is complicated by the capabilities of various UI toolkits and specific devices, as well as the development choices of the application programmers. We propose a ...

Previous separation kernels have been based on safety-critical, real-time embedded operating systems meeting the FAA's DO-178B certification criteria. We believe that these systems' heritage emphasizes trustworthiness over cost, and results in a solution better suited for embedded environments. We propose to build a separation kernel middleware layer on top of a COTS or open source capability-base ...

The long-term readiness and operability of the U.S. Army tactical missile systems is critically dependent on the development and utilization of new methods to assure full life-cycle components’ health. Diffraction Enhanced X-ray Imaging (DEXI) technology has the potential to revolutionize x-ray imaging as it produces images with higher contrast than conventional radiography, while reducing ...

Odyssian Technology and its team of highly regarded experts propose to develop advanced distribution and control technology for hybrid intelligent microgrids. The novelty of their proposed concept is in the use of a wireless mesh network to control distr

Distributed computing is used in a variety of fields and efficient data distribution among components is essential to the performance of such distributed systems. A new programming model that enables disparate software applications developed using a variety of different computer languages to share the required interface data while running concurrently on a cluster of multi-core computing nodes is ...

Due to the possible transmission of blood-borne diseases, biting insects, mosquitoes, midges, and sand flies pose increasing danger to deployed military personnel and humans in locations around the globe. Because of these disease dangers, the collection of specimens during entomological surveys needs to pose as little risk to the human bait and/or collectors as possible. The SkySight Technologies ...

The Techshot Insect Vector Eradication, Control, Trapping, or Retrieval System (iVECTOR) trapping system employs a naturally seductive, ergonomically tailored system to attract and collect the maximum number of insect specimens for the given environment. The iVECTOR system is simple to erect, collect and teardown. It incorporates several upgrade/accessory modules to include photovoltaic power an ...

The Techshot Aeromedical Stabilization and Evacuation System (ASES) solution consists of three subsystems including a Patient Support Platform (PSP), a Comfort Mat System (CMS) and a detachable Aeromedical Equipment Module (AEM). The ASES system provides a stabilization and traction platform solution for aeromedical evacuation with a comfort mat subsystem using heated alternating pressure air bla ...