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Initial research for the Robust Affordable Flight Termination (RAFT) System investigated existing and developing technologies for replacing the communications channel between the Range Safety Officer and the Vehicle with one or more alternatives. Thespecific types of vehicles addressed were Unmanned Air Vehicles (UAVs) that require Over the Horizon (OTH) communication technology to support Flight ...

Orbital Technologies Corporation (ORBITEC) proposes a miniature optical sensor that will be able to accurately measure angle of rotation. The Fiber Optic Rotation Mini-Sensor (FORMS) will also implement fiber optics in such a manner that the sensor will be EMI immune, and smaller than other currently available rotation sensors. The combination of accuracy, stability, reliability, and durability, a ...

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"The Air Force topic "Automated Surface Mapping and 3D Model Generation" calls for measuring and modeling of aircraft, aircraft parts, and stores in a non-contact and automated manner. Two components of an automated 3D measuring and modeling system wereidentified and evaluated in Phase I, which will satisfy all requirements and needs of the Topic.The photogrammetric component using non-contact ta ...

The free-space characterization of an anechoic chamber is presently accomplished by conducting difficult and tedious RF measurements of the interference field intensity levels. Anechoic chambers are characterized after initial construction to determine the quiet zones where the creation of free-space conditions is being attempted. When systems under test (SUT) are placed in the chamber, degradatio ...

It is evident that having a standard multispectral environment capable of supporting a wide variety of users is crucial to promoting widespread use of any standard M&S architecture and reusability among the players and player components developed for such an architecture. A standard environment will provide for greater player portability and reusability since players would not be linked to a uniq ...

"Current radar absorbing materials (RAMs) are heavy and require hazardous materials for processing. Development of a lighter weight binder with a suitable morphology, combined with environmentally friendly solvents to produce RAMs would offer significantadvantages in manufacturing and in the field. As in any functional filled polymer, interaction between the different components is a must. The pre ...

"Low-resistance high-surface-area electrodes, and tunable potential window through band gap tuning of electrode materials are key to achieving high performance capacitors. We have synthesized ordered intrinsically conducting polymers with high surface areaand copper-like conductivity using a proprietary process. Our assessment in this feasibility study, through extensive characterization of numero ...

New developments in tools for exploitation of stereo aerial photography now enable desktop Windows applications capable of interfacing with existing GIS databases. One area of potential use for these tools is in the area of Highway Access Management especially as it relates to improvement in the process for Highway Driveways. Research is proposed to determine system requirements for using a digi ...

"Future space-based radar systems (SBRS) are expected to be critical to defense intelligence and modern battlefield analysis. SBRS design concepts involve thermal control issues exacerbated by low thermal mass, high radiative losses, and pressure to meetdesign areal densities of 4 to 6 kg/m2. To address these issues Eclipse Energy Systems, Inc. has developed prototype designs for electrochromic de ...