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Advanced Device Technology Inc., in collaboration with University of Arizona, proposes to develop Hyper-Spectral Triple Band Imager and Analysis System using QWIP Focal Plane Arrays. The innovative features of the instrument are:1) High Density QWIP Focal Plane on Low Cost GaAs Substrate. The focal plane arrays is designed with 320x240 Element QWIP array. The array size will be expanded to 640x480 ...

Recent advances in electromagnetic technology clearly lend themselves to application in space-based data storage/retrieval systems. Commercial data storage systems provide low cost, long-life operation and strong logic/control systems, but employmechanical bearings that limit their resistance to shock and life expectancy. A similar system ruggedized for space via integrated magnetic motor-bearing ...

THE TASK GOAL IS TO IDENTIFY A COMPLETE SET OF OPERATING SYSTEM PRIMITIVE (OR LOW-LEVEL OPERATING SYSTEM FUNCTIONS) WHICH ARE SUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT REAL-TIME MULTI-TASKING APPLICATIONS, WHICH ARE COMPATIBLE WITH ADA PROGRAMMING ENVIRONMENTS, AND WHICH ARE AMENABLE TO EFFICIENT IMPLEMENTATIONS IN MICROCODE OR HARDWARE. TECHNIQUES TO EVALUATE THE FEASIBILITY OF SUCH IMPLEMENTATIONS IN VARIOUS ENVIRO ...

Insight Technology, Inc proposes to design and deliver a proof-of-concept demonstrator of a helmet-mounted display system to support ground-based training for the Integrated Panoramic Night Vision Goggle (I-PNVG). The demonstrator will integrate with thephysics-based visual simulation system (Night Vision Training System) of Image Intensification (I2) based night vision goggle imagery currently i ...

A CATHODE WILL BE DEVELOPED WHICH MINIMIZES THE HEATING POWER REQUIRED PER AMPERE OF ELECTRON GUN BEAM CURRENT, IS OF STUDY CONSTRUCTION TO WITHSTAND ROCKET FLIGHT, DOES NOT DETERIORATE DURING EXPOSURE TO ATMOSPHERIC GASSES WHILE COLD AND PRODUCES AT LEAST TENS OF AMPERES CURRENT. AN ELECTRON GUN WILL BE DESIGNED WHICH WILL BE CAPABLE OF TENS OF AMPERES BEAM CURRENT AT ENERGIES UP TO TENS OF KILOV ...

A FLIGHT MODULE WILL BE DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTED THAT WILL LEAD TO THE CONSTUCTION OF AN ELECTRON GUN SUITABLE FOR ROCKET, SPACE SHUTTLE, AND SATELLITE FLIGHT. AN ELECTRON GUN MODULE WITH A WIDE DYNAMIC RANGE IN CURRENT. ENERGY, ANDDENSITY WILL BE CONDTRUCTED, CAPABLE OF AT LEAST 100 MILLI- AMPERES AND ABOVE 10 KILOVOLTS BEAM ENERGY. A CATHODE WILL BE DESIGNED TO MEET THE ABOVE SPECIFICATIONS AND ...

More than 6,000,000 auto accidents occur in the U.S. each year, with about one third resulting in injury and 40,000 resulting in fatality. Approximately thirteen percent of these crashes involve pedestrians. A much broader group of generalized roadway obstacles including pedestrians, other automobiles and non-fixed objects, is responsible for over ninety percent of the accidents. A reasonably p ...

The excited or dissociated gaseous species created in non-thermal glow discharge plasmas are effective agents for killing or neutralizing certain biological or chemical warfare agents. For decontaminating sensitive equipment or personnel, the effluentfrom such plasmas must be near room temperature to prevent unintentional dispersal of the hazardous warfare agents and to avoid harming the equipmen ...

To avoid catastrophic failure of aircraft hydraulic pumps, scheduled maintenance procedures often call for their replacement even though significant useful life may remain. Creare proposes to develop a Remaining Useful Life (RUL) prognostication tool thatfacilitates the move toward more cost effective Condition-Based Maintenance (CBM) procedures. The system is based on the monitoring of several ...

Spatial disorientation is a significant problem in military aviation that has resulted in loss of life and aircraft. Creare proposes to develop a Disorientation Analysis and Prediction System that can be used in laboratory research, pilot training, andaccident investigation. The system consists of a predictive model, which provides an estimate of the pilot's perceived orientation, and an orienta ...