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In future designs of penetrating weapons, there is a need to provide a bi-directional communications link between the surface and the penetrating weapon. We call this concept the Penetrator Data Link (PDL). We describe a Phase II effort to further design, develop, and test a shock-hardened prototype of a multi-channel, CDMA, spread-spectrum data link for a application in penetrating munitions. T ...

This DOD Air Force SBIR program focuses on developing and commercializing a nanomaterials-based high rate rechargeable battery technology that provides performance, weight and safety advantages for aerospace applications. The proposed research builds on T/J Technologies’ innovative electrode materials and extensive system-level development of high rate Li-ion rechargeable batteries. In Phase I ...

ACR will develop strong tailored composite polymer formulations capable of energy release as needed for a range of structural applications. Materials developed under the Phase I effort (Fibrous Monolith formulations of iron oxide/aluminum, bismuth oxide/aluminum, Teflon/aluminum) will be used as a foundation with specific strength and density targets for intended applications. The initial effor ...

In this project, a new TOA/TDOA UWB RAC location system will be developed and applied to precision guidance and navigation of autonomous mine-detection mobile robots. The system will be capable of pinpointing geographical position of an object with accuracies from a few centimeters to a few meters over an area of several to hundred square kilometers at a position update rate of over 200 updates pe ...

The use of 100 % F2 puts stringent requirements on the gas handling system, requiring passivation. The damage due to this surface passivation layer caused by the impinging particles causes the system failure. This Phase II proposal offers a highly integrated solution to this problem. It builds, on a highly successful Phase I, which demonstrated impermeable, F2 resistant, functionally grated (FGM) ...

Scientific Monitoring, Inc. (SMI) is conducting a research, under an Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) project, on affordable processes and techniques for the Validation and Verification (V&V) of adaptive flight software. In Phase I, we are investigating an improved V&V process and associated techniques which add formalism and automation to ensure more ...

Air Traffic Control (ATC) has received little attention as part of military simulation environments. Where ATC is played, it is typically only in a limited way, reducing the realism and validity of the results, and using human controllers, thereby increasing the cost of running the exercise. To address these needs, we propose the research and development of an automated air traffic control network ...

Simulation-based training offers the potential for relatively low cost training available at any time and almost any duty station. However, a main drawback of simulation-based training is the lack of oversight in the training process. Simulations often depend on a fixed number of pre-defined training scenarios that are designed to test training objectives but often do not deliver a training experi ...

Development of actuators is the key to effective AFC! This has been stated in numerous papers and the subject of several programs. This program will produce an environmentally hardened Oscillatory Jet (OJ) Active Flow Control (AFC)system including compact lightweight integrated power electronics, powerful voice-coil actuators, flow separation sensing, and closed loop control. An existing 1/10th ...

The goal of this program is to develop ZnO based light emitters fabricated on high quality ZnO bulk substrates. The work will focus on enhance doping of the active layers, target alloy concentrations and prototype emitter fabrication.