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The proposed project will demonstrate the feasibility of developing a data driven prognostic fault tolerant smart weapon system concept for the Airborne Laser. A real-time prognostic health management (PHM) system will be developed to track the likelihoodof future system or subsystem failures and initiate or indicate appropriate actions to maintain or optimize system performance. A library of pr ...

This proposal is a response to the request by the United States Missile Defense Agency for Infrared Materials Modeling for Next Generation Focal Plane Architectures. We will create an improved model for infrared (IR) material growth structures used inHgCdTe IR focal plane arrays. Models should address the material processes needed for fabrication of multi-layer structures covering a wide range o ...

In Phase I, AVYD DEVICES in collaboration with SRI International, will demonstrate the feasibility of our modeling approach to predict material properties and device performances using experimental parameters of growth and fabrication processes formulticolor HgCdTe detectors. The models will include point defect-dopant interactions; Fermi dopant diffusion; interdiffusion (including Fermi level ef ...

The ideal prognostic system would be generic, requiring no domain-specific knowledge for its application. The prognostic system must also perform across all operating regimes without generating an excessive number of false alarms, and must successfullydiagnose problems. The semi-empirical technique proposed herein by Barron Associates, Inc. and its academic partners at Princeton University takes a ...

We propose a software package that combines recent advances in several pattern recognition techniques, including neural networks, multivariate statistics and model-based reasoning. Results from these prognostics will be combined into a single probabilityof failure for the modeled component or subsystem of the ABL, which would be output to a simple graphical user interface (GUI). The preliminary so ...

The Be-B binary alloy system has a eutectic at 10 at. % boron, where the singular melting point is at 1120 oC. This value is some 169 degrees below the normal melting point of beryllium. The intent of the present STTR proposal is to use this circumstanceto develop a

We propose to design and develop an advanced GPS/INS integrated system for anti-jam and high dynamics conditions. Integration between GPS and INS will be performed in a federated sense using ultra-tight coupling. CRS has developed a novel GPS developmentsystem consisting of integrated software tools and hardware modules. These tools allow simulation and real-time implementation in a single step ...

Two major opportunities are outlined in the proposed Phase II work. The first opportunity is the demonstration of doped ZnO bulk crystal growth with specific electrical properties. The second opportunity is the growth of nitride heterostructures on thesesubstrates. High quality, doped ZnO bulk substrates of 50mm diameter will be made possible with Cermet's proven crystal growth technology. The gro ...

Two major opportunities are outlined in the proposed Phase II work. The first opportunity is the demonstration of doped ZnO bulk crystal growth with specific electrical properties. The second opportunity is the growth of nitride heterostructures on thesesubstrates. High quality, doped ZnO bulk substrates of 50mm diameter will be made possible with Cermet's proven crystal growth technology. The gro ...

70607B02-II Improved technologies are needed to assist in the decontamination and decommissioning (D&D) of facilities used to support nuclear weapons production. In particular, a cost-effective approach is required to determine whether or not piping systems are contaminated and if so, to determine the level of contamination and its location in the pipe. This project will use both conservative a ...