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We propose to develop a machine and process specification for an instrument designed to modify microcircuit boards in near real time via laser microchemical deposition. The DOD is increasingly concerned about costs stemming from schedule slippage in developing complex systems dependent on electronics. The program will provide the first step in developing a commercial instrument for rapid iterati ...

There is a large effort in both the military and civilian medical communities to change from paper medical records to Electronic Medical Records (EMR). Currently, only about 3% of civilian physicians are using an EMR system. The DoD's medical facilitiesmust operate over a much larger spectrum of scenarios than those of its civilian counterparts. These encompass all the civilian cases, such as prim ...

"The team of Visidyne, Inc. and Mission Research Corporation proposes to develop a high-fidelity, real-time Nuclear Optical Dynamic Digital Image Generator (NODDIG) to support the development and testing of algorithms for the mitigation of optical clutterin nuclear environments. The NODDIG concept is a software/hardware digital scene generator. It will complement and support infrared sensors under ...

A situation awareness system must combine information from many different sensors and platforms and construct a composite air picture for the commander. Sensors transmit the target position information over data-links. Due to the large volume of data transmitted over these links, it is essential to conserve the bandwidth of such links by not sending position updates at all times. ...

In this Phase I SBIR program we propose to develop a novel high voltage (5V) lithium-ion battery suitable for portable electronics equipmentand transportation applications. Lithium-ion batteries are already commercially available and typically consist of carbon anode, non-aqueous electrolyte and lithium transition metal oxide cathode such as LiCoO2, LiNiO2 or LiMnO4. These systems have an operat ...

The goal of the proposed program is to develop a page composer for optical memories that can be connected directly to host processors with conventional processor/memory interfaces. Three-dimensional optical memories offer tremendous capacity if a cost-effective page composer can be made. The new page composer would be an oxide-film spatial lisght modulator (SLM) fabricated directly on silicon ra ...

Great strides have been made recently in making small PEM fuel cells to power personal electronics for the foot soldier, such as wireless transmitters and laptop computers. These advances are compromised by today's sources of hydrogen, which are bulky, heavy, and inconvenient. WJSA proposes to solve this problem by storing H2 at very high pressures (6000-9000 psi) in glass microspheres and packa ...

Sabulon, Inc. has developed novel and rapid gas phase nitridation methods which have considerable potential for manufacturing rocket nozzle components from structurally robust and thermally stable silicon-based CMC materials in more cost-effective and rapid fashion than currently available chemical capor infiltration or polymer impregnation and pyrollysis processing techniques. This proposal advo ...

"Synthetic environment exercises are a critical component in the DOD's strategy for testing CONOPS, training soldiers, and evaluating equipment. Communication is a vital component of these exercises, and communications data is a valuable information sourcefor AAR facilitation. However, communications analysis requires time-consuming transcription and processing.Technologies are being developed to ...

"Simulation-based training is a promising instructional tool for training first responder military and civilian emergency personnel but its growth and adoption into practical use in training programs has been significantly hindered by the lack ofvalidation. We will address this challenge through two interrelated objectives. We will design a validated training program for first responders that us ...