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There is a requirement for a seafloor mapping system that will provide high resolution imagery in very shallow water when rigidly mounted to a 24 foot boat that is advancing at up to 10 knots. In this Phase I effort we propose to determine the feasibility of meeting this requirement with a prototype multiple-ping chirp side-scan sonar to operate at high frequencies and high ping rates, where multi ...

The objective of this project is to design, fabricate, and test a prototype photovoltaic (PV) case for electrical equipment used in field operations. The PV case could charge the equipment's batteries and/or directly operate low power equipment such as receivers and computers without a battery. The case would incorporate ECD's unique lightweight, flexible, and very rugged amorphous silicon PV modu ...

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Current concepts of holographic and dye technology do not provide eye protection from lasers at unknown wavelength and in the spectral region from 400 - 900 nm. Recently it has been shown that fullerenes have excellent nonlinear optical properties and show the best limiting performance of all materials including response in the nanosecond range. This program will further investigate fullerenes ...

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SatCon Technology Corporation proposes to design, fabricate, and demonstrate a quiet, compact, variable speed, electric propulsion system with four magnetic signatures to be used in small mobile underwater vehicles. The goal of this program is to develop a propulsion system concept having minimal electromagnetic and acoustic noise characteristics for use in any special operations maritime environ ...

Portable electronic equipment, whether military or civilian, now typically contain rechargeable batteries. Often it is inconvenient or impossible to connect this equipment to conventional battery charging sources. It would be highly desirable to incorporate a built-in battery recharging source with the equipment to overcome this shortcoming. Ideally this recharging source should not take up any ex ...

Accurate battery state of charge (SOC) measurements and reserve power capacity measurements are cirtical for Special Operation Force (SOF) operators who use portabel battery-powered equipment in the field. Development of a reliable SOC determnation method would have broad dual use application in both the Military and private sector. US Nanocorp (USN) is collaborating with Villanova University's ...

Metal matrix composites (MMCs) are the proposed replacement materials for the ferromagnetic parts that exist in an outboard engine. MMCs have specific stiffness properties 2 to 4 times that of aluminum alloys, steel, and titanium, while having equal or greater specific strength. The resulting parts are extremely light weight yet robust enough to handle high strength applications typically reserv ...