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The Navy intends to start using a significant quantity of composite structures in surface ship construction in an effort to decrease costs as well as to reduce the visibility of the ships to radar. The large size of the target structures necessitates the use of low temperature, non-autoclave processing techniques such as Vacuum Assisted Resin Transfer Molding (VARTM). In the recent past, most m ...

Aerotonomy, Incorporated, and our research institution partner Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) propose to Design and optimize a miniature 3D fragmented “Confetti” antenna for application to broadband voice communications over the frequency range of 2 to 30 MHz. The Confetti antenna is an arrangement of partially interconnected wires on a three-dimensional grid. The concept is similar t ...

Applied Thin Films, Inc. proposes to use and an innovative aluminum phosphate solution based coating material to act as a sacrificial barrier layer to protect zirconia thermal barrier coatings from molten CMAS ingress and attack. The proposed coating material, known as Cerablak™, will ideally prevent any decrease in zirconia TBC lifetime expectancy and insulation efficiency due to CMAS infiltra ...

This proposed work will generate a targeted phosphate ester hydrolysis catalyst for agent denial. This catalyst will be targeted by conjugation to single stranded DNA. Characteristics of the catalyst will be determined, including ruggedness, targeting selectivity, and potential methods for deployment.

Current coating methodologies for geometrically irregular surfaces have become increasing complex and expensive to apply. Yet surfaces exposed to corrosive environments can still suffer the risk of corrosion. While the Navy has invested in edge retentive coating systems, application procedures still require the application of multiple coats due to the challenges inherent in coating complex and ir ...

An innovative approach to serialize Navy/Marine aircraft dynamic components is proposed based on nesting the Data Matrix 2-D Code within the DMI proprietary Binary Code to produce a Unique Identifier (UID). The use of the two codes provides redundancy based on the use of two codes and the inherent redundancy of the DMI proprietary Binary Code provides additional backup for the UID. The inherent ...

The US Navy has identified the need to develop and demonstrate innovative technologies that leverage existing and emerging commercial real-time wireless circuitry by upconversion of frequency to 60 GHz for short range, high security applications. This topic proposes to gain the advantages of emerging microwave commercial off-the-shelf technology by upconverting to 60 GHz (V-band) where atmospheri ...

Global Technology Connection with our partners (Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Innovative Power Solutions and Boeing Phantom Works) propose the development and integration of diagnostic / prognostic technologies into an overall vehicle health management for P-3 aircraft's electrical power systems. Phase I effort will concentrate on the P-3 generators: 1) conceptualization of diagnostic / prognost ...

Global Technology Connection with our partners (University of Idaho and Electric Fuel Battery Corporation) proposes the development and integration of an accurate low power microcontroller based state of charge (SOC) indicator technology for Zinc/Air battery systems. Phase I effort will concentrate on the 8180 Zinc/Air battery system to: 1) characterize and model the Zinc/Air battery using existi ...

At the present time, large-sized PMN-PT piezoelectric crystals, 3" diameter by 8" long, of high quality, can be grown directly from the melt and are commercially available. The objective of this proposal is to demonstrate the feasibility of expanding the operating domain of the PMN-PT based piezoelectric crystals by chemical doping and compositional refinements. Although the piezoelectric properti ...