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Several objectives in this proposal include systematic study of innovative ways and means to improve survivability and safety of airborne platforms (C-130, C-17, Helicopter), flight crew, paratroops, cargo and equipment. High altitude deployment and glide operations, and airborne snatch and recovery of individuals or cargo from ground or water pick-up sites will also be studied. This proposal will ...

This proposal is directed to the preparation of high-surface-area (HSA) activated-carbon fibers that are suitable for the Army's lightweight chemical-protective combat uniforms. The overall goal of the proposed program is to develop a domestic source of activated-carbon fibers having surface areas greater than 1500 m2/g. Our approach begins with a novel method of preparing polymeric precursor fibe ...

ADAPTATION OF STATE-OF-THE-ART GIGAHERTZ WAFER PROBE TECHNOLOGY (WPT) FOR USE IN DESIGN, TROUBLESHOOTING, AND PRODUCTION OF MULTICHIP MODULES (MCMS) IS PROPOSED. THESE PROBES ARE CURRENTLY CAPABLE OF TESTING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES ON WAFERS AT FREQUENCIES UPTO 75 GHZ. PHASE I WILL SHOW THE ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL FEASIBILITY OF PROBING MCMS AND SET DIRECTION FOR PHASE II. KEY TASKS INCLUDE ESTABL ...

A PHASE I FEASIBILITY STUDY IS PROPOSED FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A 2400 DEGREE KELVIN GAS SAMPLE CELL WHICH IS CAPABLE OF SIMULATING THE COMBU STION PRODUCTS OF HYDROGEN-AIR SCRAMJET PROPULSION SYSTEM AT PRESURES FROM 0.5 TO 2.0 ATMOSPHERES, FLOWS FROM 0 TO 1.0 STANDARD LITERS PERMI NUTE, AND A CELL COMPOSITION OF AIR WITH 20 PERCENT WATER VAPOR BY WEI GHT. ADDRESSED WITHIN THE PROPOSAL IS THE PRIMA ...

FIBER MATERIALS, INC. (FMI) PROPOSES A PROGRAM TO DEVELOP A NEW CLASS OF SMART MATERIALS WHICH HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF SENSING ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE AND RESPONDING TO IT IN A DESIRED MANNER. PIEZOELECTRIC SENSORS AND ACTUATORS WILL BE COUPLED ELECTRICALLY TO FORM THE SMART MATERIAL STRUCTURE. A NEW TYPE OF COMPOSITE MATERIAL CONTAINING PIEZOELECTRIC TUBES WILL BE DEVELOPED FOR HIGH ACTUATION WITH LO ...

High surface area, super adsorbent activated carbon fibers are potentially an excellent adsorptive material for chemical protective uniforms. However, these fibers are not currently available from a domestic source. A Phase I program is proposed to demonstrate the feasibility of producing laboratory scale quantities of short highly activated carbon fibers based on a U.S. developed process (U.S. Pa ...

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RECENT IMPROVEMENTS IN HOT ISOSTATIC PRESSING TECHNIQUES HAVE ALLOWED AN AUSTRIAN COMPANY TO SUPPLY FULL LENGTH LINERS MADE FROM NIMONIC 105 TO A SWISS GUN MANUFACTURER. THESE TECHNIQUES HAVE BEEN UTILIZED IN THE U.S. FOR LINING OF TUBES FOR THE CHEMICAL AND NUCLEAR INDUSTRIES AND FOR LINING OF VALVES FOR WEAR AND EROSION RESISTANCE. THIS TECHNOLOGY, BASE UPON COLD AND HOT ISOSTATIC PRESSING TECHN ...

The proposal offers a technology/concept to allow individual combat soldiers and components of the Electronic Battlefield System a means of identifying friendly forces.

There exist many waste sites where the detailed characterization of the contamination needs to be performed to determine whether or not active remediation is necessary. These tests should be performed in situ since many of the contaminants are volatile. In addition, some of the sites are contaminated with radioactive waste, making in-site detection of contaminants difficult because the detectors b ...