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DSSP has developed solid propellant systems that can be controlled and extinguished electrically. These propellants are a first of their kind, capable of multiple ignitions-extinguishments with burn-rate controlled digitally by electrical power input. These new propellants are insensitive to flame ignition, do not produce toxic combustion gases and are low in particulates. Our partner Midé ha ...

This Phase I Navy SBIR effort will examine the design and development feasibility of an underwater biomimetic swimming structure resembling a jellyfish. The proposed underwater biomimetic swimming structure or artificial jellyfish will be fabricated with electroactive ionic polymer Platinum nanocomposites capable of underwater distributed sensing, transduction and actuation. The proposed artificia ...

MSI specializes in design and commercialization of miniature intelligent low power instrumentation systems that process data from sensors in scripted Bayesian algorithms in a “rules engine” application. Recently MSI received a US patent a new monitoring methodology for difficult-to-access aircraft structure with complex geometry. Our product will incorporate a tiny processor and a power sc ...

In our Phase I contract MSI developed and demonstrated a prototype of a Prognostic Health Management microchip module we call an Embeddable Prognostic Integrated Circuit (EPIC) We propose a Phase II program to develop and test a Developer Kit that represents the architecture of an embeddable prognostic integrated circuit, a system on a substrate. Our work plan includes system engineering, softwar ...

MSI will convert the Digital Data Download (D3) with Crash Survivable Memory into an open architecture design and convert the packaging to meet the form factor of the existing AV-8B Engine Monitoring Unit (EMU) This new Crash Survivable Engine Monitoring System (CSEMS) shall provide all of the functionality of the exiting EMU and provide Crash Survivable recording of safety related information. Th ...

Experimental and simulation techniques will be used to advance a novel class of pulse detonation engines (PDE) initiators based on transient plasma ignition. By optimizing the interaction of pulsed power and kinetic plasma chemistry, this effort will lead to PDE ignitors that can operate under higher repetition rates and increased fuel flow rates in realistic multiple barrel geometry. This will ...

Qynergy Corporation proposes to develop a unique power system for anti-tamper (AT) applications. AT technology is used to protect critical technology from being reverse engineered. Tamper detection mechanisms consist of switches or sensors. An innovative power source is needed to provide latent power to these systems, which require a constant low amount of power over the life of the fielded sys ...

Wireless sensors promise to reduce the Navy’s aircraft maintenance costs via real-time monitoring of corrosion-prone components. The promise of wireless sensors lies in their reduced susceptibility to failure, reduced weight and configurational flexibility compared with conventional wired sensors. However, because of the costs of replacing batteries in sensors deployed in inaccessible locations, ...

The objective of this proposed effort is to demonstrate the feasibility of Vibrant Corporation (Vibrant) improving current non-destructive evaluation (NDE) methods to allow for surface and subsurface feature inspection of hybrid bearings. Under the proposed effort, an NDE capability will be developed and demonstrated that can quickly and cost effectively detect various types of manufacturing defec ...

An aqueous-based finish (sizing) was developed in Phase I to improve the carbon/vinyl ester interfacial bond. The finish is composed of a reactive coupling agent, a low viscosity vinyl ester resin, a free radical inhibitor, and a surfactant. The reactive finishes substantially improved the carbon/vinyl ester interface compared to unsized or FOE sized materials. Failure mode analysis shows that ...