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ABSTRACT: Micro-RDC will develop a low power, radiation hardened memory compilers suitable for use in current and future satellite missions. The memory compilers can quickly generate embedded memory blocks hardened against Total Ionizing Dose effects, Single Event Upsets, Single Event Latch-up, and Single Event Transients. The memory compiler supports a variety of different attributes including ...

ABSTRACT: Military communications satellites are trending to higher pulse power and total energy capacity levels in order to meet exponentially increasing satellite communications capacity requirements. As the demand for on-board power and total energy-storage capacity has continued to increase, Lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries have become the new industry standard for use as rechargeable secondary ...

ABSTRACT: Mycotoxins are lipophilic agents derived from fungus that pose a significant public health problem around the world. The effects of mycotoxins include loss of human and animal life, increased healthcare and veterinary costs, reduced livestock production, and disposal of contaminated foods and feeds. Mycotoxins, such as aflatoxin and T-2 mycotoxins, have been reported to be weaponized as ...

ABSTRACT: The primary objective of the proposed STTR is to develop a low-cost, high performance material which is capable of directionally-tailored thermal emission and/or transmission control. By combining advanced electromagnetic band structure engineering techniques with low-cost, self-assembled fabrication methods, highly tunable, narrow-band emissivity control can be achieved over the entire ...

ABSTRACT: Space surveillance is that component of space situational assessment and protection that makes use of multisource data to track and identify space objects. Given the increasing importance of space, the need to protect space assets, and the increasing number of objects in space, an automated system of tracking and anomaly detection is required to support decision makers. Such a sy ...

ABSTRACT: The Current generation of military GPS User Equipment (UE) uses significantly more power than a commercial GPS unit. There is a desire to develop operational techniques and lower power devices to increase operational use of hand-held military GPS devices. A lower power alternative to continuously running a SAASM receiver is to use a hybrid solution where the SAASM is only periodically ...

ABSTRACT: A significant need exists for space antennas which provide high gain, small stowed volume, and the ability to generate both wide and narrow beams. Currently available UHF antennas for space applications do not offer a clear path for higher gain apertures, as this would require either the addition of large antenna elements, or scaling a reflector. The former is not an option with volum ...

Boulder Nonlinear Systems proposes to improve the manufacturability of adaptive polymer lenses (APLs) specifically as they pertain to rifle scopes. Phase II deliverables include: Polymer Lens Cores Design, tooling specifications and process procedures for Membrane Transfer Fixture (from cure release clamp) Design, tooling specifications and process procedures for Membrane Clamping Fix ...

ABSTRACT: This work proposes the design of a complete, compact, hybrid atom chip system for producing ultracold atoms, allowing subsequent control and manipulation of ultracold atoms using both optical and magnetic fields. Its emphasis is on optical lattice potentials and also complex potentials imposed by spatially varying magnetic and optical fields. Atom chips that incorporate optical windows ...

ALD NanoSolutions, Inc. is developing flexible gas diffusion barriers to enable FOLEDs, thin film photovoltaics and other devices to be fabricated on polymer substrates in a novel roll-to-roll ALD process. Multilayer barriers films consisting of nanometer thick inorganic and organic layers can be fabricated using atomic layer deposition (ALD) and molecular layer deposition (MLD) techniques. By i ...