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Emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and hazardous air polutants (HAPS are a serioud environmental issue. These pollutants are requlated to protect human health and encourage the development of better control technologies. Current technologies to control thses emissions, until better materials are developed, include destructive and/or recovery-based technologies. Implementation of ads ...

A new material, based on a thermally-stable amorphous aluminophosphate composition (Cerablak™), was investigated in Phase I, and demonstrated highly desirable dielectric properties suitable for next-generation hypersonic radomes. Cerablak™ is a low cost, solution derived material which has a unique glass structure that is resistant to crystallization even at elevated temperatures. Building o ...

The US Navy is seeking improved fire protection systems with the primary goal to reduce the areal density based on the current 1 lb/sq ft baseline value. Recent tests with intumescent coatings were largely unsuccessful. Passive fire protection systems are preferable due to their relatively inert nature during a fire event. New thermal concepts are needed to lower areal density of passive fire p ...

Barrier coatings to prevent moisture ingress into radome structures of advanced missile systems are a critical need for the Navy. Ingress of moisture during missile storage can degrade the critical sensor and guidance electronic components housed within the missile radome. The US Navy is developing missiles targeted for varying flight conditions which utilize many radome materials. A versatile ...

An increasingly common military medical need is the need for in-the-field acquisition of symptomatology, differential diagnosis of diseases potentially previously unseen by the medical professional, and identification of symptoms to the population at large. This need suggests a combination of intelligent diagnostic decision aids and knowledge gathering agents overlaid onto a highly flexible physio ...

Caviton has developed a novel technique for the continuous monitoring of trace metals emissions. This technique is based on a microdischarge light, which is collected by a spectrometer and analyzed. All metals tested to date can b detected and the focus of this Phase II project is to develop a sampling system, carry out laboratory tests, then move to field tests of sampling and analysis. Finall ...

The US Navy in topic N05-042, has identified the need to develop and demonstrate a shipboard, V-band wireless local area network (V-WLAN) with high data capacity and favorable propagation characteristics to avoid detection. Proposed is a WLAN network operating at 60 GHz that is light-weight, low-cost, highly reliable and secure from detection and jamming, operates in smoke, fog or dusty environmen ...

This proposal is in support of the requirement for a miniature, hyperspectral digital camera. Described is a compact, miniature system which is a dispersive, pushbroom HSI camera that is less than 5" x 3" x 2" in size, which directly interfaces to a notebook computer with USB 2.0 interface. It utilizes a high performance, Offner relay with novel grating concept.

Gravity-induced loss of consciousness (GLOC) and almost loss of consciousness (ALOC) continue to be significant problems in high-speed flight, often causing loss of aircraft and aircrew personnel. Although technologies have been developed in an effort to prevent such GLOC related mishap, including g-suits and straining maneuvers by pilots, these measures have proven inadequate in eliminating all ...

Combat medics are under stress due to various factors including time pressure. They are likely to err in making decisions when confronted with less familiar injuries. MedNet addresses this problems using three components: a multi-modal database to record present encounter as well as historical case studies, a tag to capture real-time measurements, and a multi-agent grid to provide decision support ...