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U.S. ARMY CECOM HAS IDENTIFIED THE NEED TO DEVELOP AND DEMONSTRATE IMPROVED TRANSPORT TECHNOLOGIES FOR MULTIMEDIA C3 COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS. BENEFITS TO BE OBTAINED INCLUDE ENHANCED SECURITY AND ANTI-JAM SURVIVABILITY, HIGH DATA FLOW EFFICIENCY AND GREATER USE OF WIRELESS TO REPLACE HARD CABLED NETWORKS. THE PROPOSED PROGRAM BRINGS TOGETHER UNIQUE CAPABILITY AND DOD COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS EXPERIENC ...

FABRICS CONSISTING OF ACTIVATED CARBON FIBERS ARE BEING DEVELOPED FOR USE IN CHEMICAL PROTECTIVE GARMENTS AS POTENTIAL REPLACEMENT FOR THE CURRENT COATED FOAM. THESE FABRICS NOT ONLY MUST ABSORB TOXIC CHEMICAL VAPORS ADEQUATELY BUT ALSO PROVIDE GOOD AIR MOISTURE PERMEABILITY TO MINIMIZE THE PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS ON THE NEARER. HOWEVER, LITTLE IS KNOWN ABOUT THE MECHANISM OF THE COMBINED PROCESSES O ...

MANY AREAS OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY WOULD BENEFIT FROM AN INJECTABLE,BIOCOMPATIBLE BONE CEMENT OR BONE REPLACEMENT MATERIAL WHICH COULD PROVIDE IMMEDIATE STRUCTURAL REINORCEMENT TO SKELETAL REGIONS AND THEN GRADUALLY BE INCORPORATED INTO HOST BONES. THE HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL BIOMECHAINCS LABORATORY HAS DEVELOPED A PARTICIPATE BONE\ GELATIN COMPOSITE WHICH CURRENTLY UNDERGOING TESTS IN ANIMALS. THIS ...

RESEARCH WILL BE CONDUCTED BY HICHEM CORPORATION, TO DEVELOP A NEW TECHNOLOGY FOR PYROLYSIS OF SCRAP TIRES. DISPOSAL OF USED TIRES IS A BIG PROBLEM IN THE WORLD, ESPECIALLY USA, SINCE MORE THAN 2.5 MILLION TIRES ARE DISCARDED EACH YEAR. MOST OF THESE TIRES ARE DISPOSED IN LANDFILLS. PYROLYSIS OF SCRAP TIRES HELPS TO RECOVER AND REUSE MOST OF THE VALUABLE CHEMICAL AVAILABLE IN TIRES. PYROLYSIS OF S ...

THIS PROPOSAL IS TO DEVELOP REAL-TIME X-RAY EQUIPMENT FOR SURGICAL AND MEDICAL USE IN FORWARD COMBAT AREAS THAT ARE SMALL, LIGHTWEIGHT,ENERGY EFFICIENT AND SELF-SUFFICIENT. THIS EQUIPMENT WOULD HAVE TO BE HIGHLY PORTABLE AND RELIABLE. THE WORK WILL ENTAIL THE DETERMINATION OF THE VARIOUS MEDICAL TASKS THAT NEED TO BE PERFORMED AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE BASIC LIXSCOPE CONCEPT TO SUIT THESE PARTICU ...

Using a new, proprietary, core technology, Receptor Laboratories, Inc. (RLI) proposes to identify peptides which could be used directly as injectable drugs to thwart the toxic effects of ricin poisoning and consequently eliminate it as a military threat. This technology has the potential to synthesize a significant fraction of the total possible 2-10 residue peptides (greater thatn 10 to the thirt ...

The hapten molecule CF3(CH3)P(OR)3 which mimics the transition state for hydrolysis of organophosphates such as soman will be synthesized. A protein conjugate will be used for monoclonal catalytic antibody production. A key element of the hapten is that it is a phosphorane (pentacoordinate phosphorus) and contains the CF3PCH3 group. The synthesis depends upon new chemistry which we have discovered ...

The technologies of Distributed Interactive Simulation (DIS) are becoming a cornerstone of military operations and research. Examples include DIS based training programs such as the Close Combat Tactical Trainer (CCTT) and emerging R&D environments such as the Battlefield Distributed Simulation Development (BDS-D) Battle Labs. Audio is a critical element in simulation. The perceived reality (or fi ...