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Existing MIL-PRF-17331 petroleum based fluids (military symbol 2190-TEP) no longer exhibit acceptable performance at the high performance levels required of Navy submarine platforms. The service life of fluids procured in accordance with MIL-PRF-17331 have experienced high depletion rates of fluid antioxidant (AO) additive packages, sharp increases in fluid Total Acid Number (TAN) and severe off-g ...

Integral bladed rotors (IBR) manufacturing is an essential part of gas turbine fabrication for modern fighter aircraft. Stringent dimensional tolerance and surface finish requirements necessitate precision manufacturing and consequently, resulting in increased cost. Our Phase II proposal will demonstrate innovative high speed machining (HSM) technologies the Air Force needs for affordable fabrica ...

The objective of this SBIR Phase 2 is to develop the materials and processes technology required to scale-up electromagnetic (EM) railgun insulator technology developed during the Phase 1. The two major advancements in railgun insulator technology made during the Phase 1 were at least a tenfold improvement in insulator life, along with a demonstration of the fabrication process to make full lengt ...

Historically, the correlation between predicted failure and actual failure of composite aircraft structures has left much to be desired. Current analytical prediction methods often over estimate or under estimate the failure load by 25% or more. Compounding the problem is that the failure of composite structure has led to a lengthy and costly, test-based certification process. A relatively new ...

To reduce weight and improve fuel efficiency, composites are being used in aircraft construction at an accelerating rate. The presence of material defects in these composite structures can lead to disastrous failure under flight loads. Many classes of these defective regions are undetectable by conventional NDI techniques such as ultrasonic probing. A revolutionary new inspection technology inv ...

Recent advancements in modulation and coding have produced waveforms that are not only both power and bandwidth efficient, but are also well suited for operation with small, highly efficient, non-linear power amplifiers. These new techniques can significantly improve the current throughput of standard 25 KHz UHF channels, thereby enabling a single channel to simultaneously carry digital data, ima ...

The pressure to reduce weight and maintain performance and safety is a significant driver in aviation technology development programs. Fuel and fuel systems are major contributors to weight on aircraft, including fuel cells, fittings, access panels and support structures. The design of the fuel cell is dictated by requirements to integrate the fuel cell into the aircraft structure, facilitate acc ...

The UAV Propulsion Phase II program will focus on providing a preliminary design of a unique UAV propulsion system that can provide the UAV aircraft system with propulsive thrust and electrical power for sensors, observation electronics and Energy weapons form a single gas turbine based system. Included in the program is a test of a key engine component of the UAV engine.

The U.S. Air Force has identified a need for lightweight electrochemical energy production for systems where gravimetric and volumetric power densities are of premium importance. These devices will provide and/or supplement the primary power systems on air platforms such as monitoring and surveillance aircraft, including long endurance high altitude (LEHA) surveillance aircraft. For LEHA aircraf ...

STEED is a DoDAF-compliant work-centered support system covering satellite operations squadrons and air operations centers and the communication between them. Phase I developed a structured approach to developing cognitive architectures that will be extended and mapped to the DoDAF architecture. Integration of DoDAF and cognitive architectures and incorporation in a work-centered support system ...