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In the domain of weapon/fire control systems, embedded software will be a key costdriver in the next generation. The omnipresence of embedded systems in today's marketand the quality of requirements that these systems are expected to meet, put a greatdeal of pressure to bear on the techniques used to develop these systems.The technical objectives of the Phase II SBIR are to:(1) Build a scaleable I ...

60400 The size and significance of most research, development, or business activities require teams of people to work together. However, the majority of collaborative tools today are application specific and require collaborators to develop new or additional skills with computing proficiency. This project will develop an alternative approach that will propel collaboration forward by employ ...

The overall goal of the proposed research is to develop a comprehensive, efficient, and well validated model of various remelting processes used for the production of ingots of superalloys and titanium alloys. Phase I research has demonstrated thefeasibility and the validity of developing a unified computational model for efficient and accurate prediction of AC and DC electromagnetics, fluid flow, ...

The Army has identified the need for open standards based multimedia terminals that integrate voice, video and data to implement multimedia applications for battlefield environments. H.323 is expected to be one of the predominant terminal standards forimplementing such applications over the Army's integrated services networks of the future. The major technical challenges that must be addressed to ...

NVE will produce and package IC's that monolithically integrate high speed GMR signal isolators into prototype high-speed 74245 type transceivers and 74573 type logic latches. Commercial high-speed data bus interfaces between microcontroller basedsubsystems have not been galvanically isolated due to performance, size and cost constraints. These interfaces would benefit from the inclusion of mono ...

Spin-dependent-tunneling (SDT) sensors are emerging as a microelectronics-based magnetic-sensor technology for the broadband detection of low-level fields produced by objects such as military or commercial vehicles. The sensors offer the potential of smallsize, low cost, low power, and low-field resolution. The sensitivity of the devices is high, however they exhibit a significant

GaInSb/InAs superlattices show great promise as materials for use in very long wavelength infrared (VLWIR) detectors. This III-V compound offers advantages over current HgCdTe technology in both anticipated performance level and ancillary support system(e.g. cryogenic cooling) costs. Due to its piezoelectric characteristic, (111)-oriented superlattice lowers the effective bandgap energy when com ...

60443 High-performance batteries and fuel cells can lessen the nation¿s dependence on combustion engines, reduce vehicular emission, and positively impact the electronics market. However, the implementation of many of these technologies is hindered by the material performance of components. For example, a common requirement of fuel cells and high-performance batteries is efficient, con ...

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase II project,

It is proposed to use spin dependent tunneling (SDT) and giant magnetoresistance (GMR) magnetic sensors and eddy current techniques for Non-Destructive Inspection (NDI) to detect flaws in various metallic components including cracks around rivet holes andfailed bonds in diffusion bonded components. This Phase II proposal is directed towards designing, optimizing, manufacturing, and demonstrating s ...