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We are developing a low-cost, ad-hoc ground network of sensors to monitor air traffic around specific areas, for example, to support security and defense around air bases and other installations. This can be seen an air traffic monitoring system in a box, which can be rapidly deployed in an ad-hoc manner, both on the ground and on aerial (manned and unmanned) nodes. The system generates millions ...

Robust and accurate measurement of unsteady surface pressure distribution is important for the characterization, modeling, prediction, and control of unsteady aerodynamics in today’s agile aircraft systems. Time-resolved unsteady pressure measurement at a large number of ports (on the order of 100s) with high accuracy and high reliability during wind tunnel and flight test applications has ...

Robust and accurate measurement of unsteady surface pressure distribution is important for the characterization, modeling, prediction, and control of unsteady aerodynamics in today’s agile aircraft systems. Time-resolved unsteady pressure measurements at a large number of ports with high accuracy and high reliability during wind tunnel and flight test applications have been historically a challe ...

Phase II will utilize knowledge gained from phase I work to develop and execute a manufacturing process suitable for producing quantities of 3-D printed discrete circuits for radiation detection systems.  The goal is to support mobile radiation detection system requirements for high voltage, analog amplification, and MCA functionality to produce differential pulse height spectra in time sequence. ...

Due to increasing specific power and specific energy requirements for advanced Air Force weapon systems, next-generation power sources that satisfy those strict requirements are necessary. Metal-Air batteries are a perfect candidate to exceed the minimum specific energy requirement of 750Wh/kg, however, low ionic conductivity of current electrolytes, limits the capability to achieve a specific pow ...