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After Action Review is an essential part of both the training and actual combat environment. Sophisticated AAR Tools, such as PowerSTRIPES, have been developed for use in the modeling and simulation environment. These tools allow users to collect thedata, transform the data as useful information, and present this information in multi-media formats as objective evidence of performance. These too ...

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I project addresses the feasibility of producing regenerable sorbents for trace-contaminant control (mainly for on-board waste incineration systems) using a by-product (char) of an on-board waste pyrolysis process. The overall objective is to develop a gas clean-up system based on regenerable, waste-derived sorbents. The emphasis will be on the optimiz ...

Combustion instability in air breathing propulsion engines can lead to catastrophic consequences. Unfortunately, as engines are operated at conditions to minimize pollutant emissions, the risk of crossing the boundary to unstable combustion increases. This Phase I project twill demonstrate the feasibility of an innovative sensing technique that will identify the onset of combustion instability in ...

NASA is considering an electromagnetic catapult, the MagLifter to lowerthe cost of cargo delivery to space and improve launch reliability. Acarrier sled, levitated and propelled by magnets, provides an inintialvelocity to a space transportation vehicle. For Large payloads, therequired energy for this launch assist is in the range of 20 gigajoulewith peak-power requirements of several gigawatt.Usin ...

NASA is considering an electromagnetic catapult, the MagLifter to lowerthe cost of cargo delivery to space. A carrier sled levitated and propelledby magnets provides the initial velocity to a space transportation vehicle.Superconducting magnets enable higher fields at lower weights than normalconducting magnets and consequently a significantly larger clearancebetween the guideway and the carrier s ...

NASA is considering an electromagnetic catapult, the MagLifter to lowerthe cost of cargo delivery to space. A carrier sled levitated and propelledby magnets provides the initial velocity to a space transportation vehicle.Superconducting magnets enable higher fields at lower weights than normalconducting magnets and consequently a significantly larger clearancebetween the guideway and the carrier s ...

The specific innovation proposed is to design an advanced composite airframe panel for damage tolerance by incorporating biologic solutions to a similar problem found in nature, using a biomimetic approach. We will identify principal material (fiber) directions and density profiles about naturally occurring holes in bones through a microscopic and radiographic techniques. These holes are known to ...

The specific innovation proposed is to design an advanced composite airframe panel for damage tolerance by incorporating biologic solutions to a similar problem found in nature, using a biomimetic approach. We will identify principal material (fiber) directions and density profiles about naturally occurring holes in bones through a microscopic and radiographic techniques. These holes are known to ...

AJT proposes to develop a low-cost, engine test-stand system for small (500 pound) thrust engines using gaseous, liquid or cryogenic propellants. This test stand would incorporate automated propellant transfer and automated propellant line purge systems. The engines would be configured to a standard test-stand interface, greatly reducing the time required to install and remove various engines. Thi ...

AJT proposes to develop a low-cost, engine test-stand system for small (500 pound) thrust engines using gaseous, liquid or cryogenic propellants. This test stand would incorporate automated propellant transfer and automated propellant line purge systems. The engines would be configured to a standard test-stand interface, greatly reducing the time required to install and remove various engines. Thi ...