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In 2001 the US EPA lowered the maximum contaminant level for arsenic in drinking water from 50 ppb to 10 ppb. This change is expected to impact 10 percent of the nation's drinking water systems; the vast majority of those impacted are small, rural water suppliers. New approaches, particularly simple, adsorption-based technologies are needed to provide cost effective treatment options for small wat ...

The AEgis Technologies Group, Inc. proposes to develop a 2D focal plane array UV/VIS light modulator using MEMS-based diffractive grating technology that will greatly enhance the capability of HWIL test systems. Grating ElectroMechanical Systems (GEMS) technology developed by Kodak Eastman will be enhanced and modified to accomplish a wideband, analog modulator capable of providing significantly h ...

Reusable space vehicles currently being designed by the United States Air Force (USAF) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for both military and commercial applications require innovative structural components that are both light weight and able to withstand the severe thermal environments of multiple reentries into the atmosphere without time consuming and expensive refur ...

Develop a miniature, lowcost scanning receiver.

The malicious distribution of Bacillus anthracis spores through the U.S. Postal Service in the fall of 2001 demonstrated the vulnerability of the United States to biological threats. These events showed the need for improved decontamination methods for buildings and assets exposed to various biological agents, because the current methods rely on the application of a chlorine- or formaldehyde-base ...

Diverse mission requirements and advanced capabilities from defense spacecraft are placing demands on power subsystems beyond that which can be delivered by current state of the art solar arrays. Although cell level specific power has increased, similar advancement is necessary in the deployment system to take full advantage of future high power arrays. State of the practice systems have specifi ...

The overall goal of Phase II is to develop a powerful tool to correlate large amounts of asynchronous data in near real-time and meet current operational requirements for the Joint Command and Control Community for rapid, accurate Battle Damage Assessment and operational assessment. The team will build upon a successful research project in Phase I in which the team was able to demonstrate that cog ...

The goal of this Phase II SBIR is to investigate using an electronic beam steering device in place of a gimbaled mirror to produce multiple beams for satellite communication links. The two principle thrusts associated with this goal are maturation of the Optical Phased Array (OPA) component technology and specification of component/terminal requirements for implementation in a multi-access laserc ...

Development of a non-mechanical scanner for laser radar seekers is a difficult problem, because high speed, wide angle, high resolution and large aperture are competing requirements. A workable solution is to combine a few techniques to decouple the requirements. By using this approach, coarse and fine-angle steerers are combined to provide the coverage and accuracy needed for the application. ...

Boundless proposes to develop unique energy storage modules to be used in Electric and Hybrid-Electric vehicles for the Air Force. Boundless' innovative approach utilizes standardized battery modules with an advanced wireless communication device to replace typical wired battery management systems. This allows build-up of a broad range of EV/HEV systems while avoiding physically complex interfac ...