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"This proposal addresses the need to improve automatic change detection and pattern recognition in surveillance/reconnaissance systems. In those applications, large amounts of data are generated and must be stored and processed for each scene, makingreal-time decision making a challenge. In the Phase II project, we will evaluate and select adaptive target segmentation and matching algorithms stu ...

"This proposal is directed at research and development of an advanced battery based on nickel-metal hydride chemistry with an improved hydrogen storage material for the battery anode in place of the usual metal hydride alloy. The goals for the new materialwill be to store large amounts of hydrogen, and operate at high rates and low temperature. Implication is for a reduction of the weight of the ...

"The Phase I SBIR program demonstrated that the novel NiFe2O4/Fe nanocomposite can be fabricated to possess higher saturation magnetization and lower power loss than conventional ferrites. These results indicated that the Fe/NiFe2O4 nanocomposite is apromising candidate for DC-to-DC power converter applications. Successful Phase I efforts have provided the scientific and technological groundwork ...

"An integrated circuit is proposed which combines coplanar transmission lines, optical waveguides, high power transistors and high power lasers monolithically. The aperture for an RF radar element should be designed as a transmission line with itscharacteristic impedance matched to that of free space. We propose to achieve this with a field-effect structure in which gate and source terminals form ...

This is a Phase 2 effort to convert the feasibility model of a laser scanning search and rescue system delivered under an SBIR Phase 1 contract into a flyable prototype unit. The purpose of this phase is to define the design of the prototype system incoordination with the Search and Rescue Community and possible aircraft platforms to achieve minimum changes once the system is in production for fi ...

This is a Phase 2 effort to convert the feasibility model of a laser scanning search and rescue system delivered under an SBIR Phase 1 contract into a flyable prototype unit. The purpose of this phase is to define the design of the prototype system incoordination with the Search and Rescue Community and possible aircraft platforms to achieve minimum changes once the system is in production for fi ...

Spatial disorientation is a significant problem in military aviation that has resulted in loss of life and aircraft. Creare is developing a Disorientation Analysis and Prediction System for use in pilot training, accident investigation, spatialdisorientation research, and ultimately as a cockpit-based warning system. The system is capable of determining whether or not the pilot is disoriented, m ...

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 avoid harming the equipment or persons being cleaned and to prevent unintentional dispersal of th ...

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"Military and civilian experience has shown that long-duration assignments present increased risk of performance failures as the mission progresses. This is due to interruption of normal sleep cycles and to the psychological pressures of the living andworking environment. The overall objective of this project is twofold: (1) to ensure the safety and effectiveness of friendly military personnel, ...