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KBSI proposes to design, develop, and deploy a language, suite of tools and a methodology to radically re-engineer how instrumentation and flight test engineers perform various design, validation, development, verification, and management of aircraft T&E instrumentation subsystem. In particular, we propose to develop the Instrumentation Hardware Abstraction Language (IHAL), an XML-based instrumen ...

In 2000, the DOD’s Radiation Hardened Microelectronics Oversight Council (RHOC) recognized the ever-widening performance gap between the manufacturing capability of existing radiation-hardened integrated circuit (RHIC) producers and the future demands of military satellites and key terrestrial systems. The RHOC predicts system requirements of currently planned satellites will require RHIC techno ...

Tactical warfighters need access to responsive spacecraft that can be put into operational service within weeks of a commander’s request. New plug and play avionic architectures are being investigated to support this need but lower cost inertial measurement systems are required to make spacecraft affordable to the tactical users. StarVision Technologies has recently completed feasibility demonst ...

Understanding that saving weight without sacrificing performance on a vehicle is important, the objective of this program is to demonstrate lightweight materials (1.1-1.6 gm/cm3) materials that can replace Beryllium in the near term for multiple applications. These applications will have specific requirements of high thermal conductivity, low thermal conductivity, radiation resistance, Modulus, t ...

RBC has developed a design concept and working model for an air-activated heater using nano-structured aluminum as fuel. In the Phase II SBIR effort, RBC proposes to complete development of the self-contained aluminum composite heater integrated into a package to provide a flameless ration heater for the Meal, Ready-to-Eat ration. Phase II development will also encompass a comprehensive investig ...

CycloShield is a new transparent armor material with the highest impact strength of any known polymer. Phase I demonstrated that the ballistic properties of CycloShield are significantly better than polycarbonate. A 40+% advantage in ballistic strength at same thickness, and 300% in a thicker bi-laminate will be demonstrated in Phase II. Production scale-up includes 2,000 pounds pelletized mate ...

Nondestructive measurement of coating thickness is typically done using acoustic or eddy current techniques, but both methods lack the accuracy needed for control of modern paint applications systems. JSF aircraft coatings are applied robotically and controlling thickness is critical to the JSF mission. A similar problem arises in erosion coating of V-22 rotor blades – the coating application ...

Coherent Logix, Incorporated (CLX) proposes to develop a multi-chip module (MCM) for hyperspectral image processing and other high-throughput signal processing applications requiring ultra-low-power, extremely high performance, and very small form factor. Hyperspectral image processors (HIP) are currently made with a large number of integrated circuit (IC) chips and multiple printed circuit board ...

Stellar Science has developed innovative techniques capable of autonomously converting standard 2D image sequences into 3D stereo movies, and has successfully tested these techniques on a wide variety of space surveillance imagery. Our algorithm first solves for the satellite’s shape and motion using a feature based technique, and then uses this information to select and combine suitable stereo ...

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 ...