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Single-color MWIR LED arrays have made steady progress in demonstrating good performance, operability, efficiency, and reliability. On the other hand, dual-color MWIR LED arrays are highly desirable for testing dual color sensors. Compared to the optical combining approach, native dual-color LED arrays offer many benefits, including reduced system size and simpler optical system design. The propos ...

In this Phase II SBIR project, we will optimize the design and develop the growth processes and equipment to routinely produce large (through 150mm), high-quality, single-crystal cadmium zinc telluride (CdZnTe or CZT) bulk material suitable for the production of CZT substrates for producing larger and highest-performing long-wave infrared (LWIR) detector arrays. We are addressing these issues by i ...

Using Combustion Research’ Flowfield Module (FM) approach, the Phase I effort laid the groundwork for the Hypersonic Vehicle Flowfield Module (HVFM) for axisymmetric/two-dimensional powered hypersonic missiles. As with all our FM tools, HVFM has an Intelligent Automated Architecture (IAA) agent which controls all aspects of the high-fidelity simulation pipeline allowing for non-experts in comput ...

In this SBIR project, we will optimize the design and develop the growth processes and equipment to routinely produce large, high-quality, single-crystal cadmium zinc telluride (CdZnTe or CZT) bulk material suitable for the production of CZT substrates for producing the highest-performing long-wave infrared (LWIR) detector arrays. Structured Materials Industries wished to improved manufacturing cr ...

The goal of the proposed project is to develop an innovative advanced Electrodynamic Vertical Gradient Freeze (VEDGF) crystal growth system with superior performance, versatility, stability, and longevity to produce large single-crystal CdZnTe wafers for long-wave infrared detector arrays. The project is aiming to develop an advanced VEDGF system that offers the following performance and capabilit ...

Our unique position allows us to begin assessing models for hypersonic flow prediction on real-world systems and immediately begin to develop tools that will support acquisition, tracking, and trajectory prediction for hypersonic cruise missiles (HCMs) accomplished largely through signatures electro optical/infrared (EO/IR), radio frequency (RF), radar cross section (RCS) and acoustic. For the Pha ...

The proposed solution is to develop an infrared light emitting diode (LED) scene projector and the associated system components that shall meet the DoD scene projection requirements and specifications. The unique feature of the proposed solution is the demonstration of a dual-band projector with record-breaking resolution and frame-rate of 2K x 2K x 1KHz for full-frame moving image projection. For ...

MDA is interested in developing single mode high power diode lasers with excellent beam quality and high efficiency and coherently combine them for high power output and use the coherently combined modules to build high power direct diode laser (HPDDL) systems capable of achieving upwards of 10-100 kW (dependent on the beam combining technique) of high output power while maintaining the beam quali ...

MAX phase materials are metallic ceramics known for combining favorable mechanical properties (such as good machinability and high elastic moduli) with good thermal shock resistance, low thermal expansion coefficients, and rigidity at elevated temperatures. In general, the MAX phases are a class of material consisting of a combination of three types of elements: M (an early transition metal), A (a ...

Currently utilized industrial coating techniques can be encumbered with processing variables, ultimately presenting risks to the operator. Additionally, touch-time inefficiencies, potential chemical hazards, and environmental concerns all contribute to the high cost and time requirements of coating processes within the manufacturing pipeline. Thermal plasma coating systems have been successfully i ...