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ABJ Integration Technologies, Inc. proposes to model a vertically optically interconnected stack of silicon integrated circuits to form a three dimensional system. This 3D system will utilize through-substrate optoelectronic communication to which the package and silicon are optically transparent. System optimization for user specifications will include materials and components such as emitters ...

Two major objectives of the U.S. Army is to increase power density and reduce heat rejection. Reducing airflow requirements of the deisel engine will contribute toward both of these objectives. Reducing air-fuel ratio requirements is one of the major cost effective approaches available for significantly increasing power output and reducing heat rejection in today's power output diesel engine. Po ...

The primary roadblock to the success of the high output Low Heat Rejection (LHR) diesel engine requiring little or no water cooling is the lack of effective liquid lubrication where target top ring reversal (TRR) temperatures between the cylinder liner and piston ring approach 1000 degrees F. Adiabatics, Inc. has developed a Thermo-sealed plasma sprayed Fe2O3 tribological coating which provides e ...

The opportunity exists to apply evolving technology for nonlinear adaptive control to autopilot design for precision guided munitions. The approach employs artificial neural networks to represent errors made in inverting the nonlinearities in a feedback inverting controller. Using an on-line method for weight adaptation results in a highly effective local approximator to the inversion error. Re ...

The objective of this project is to design a fractual object based image database system which enables video insertion into real time simulation systems. A cost/benefit analysis of the design will be performed to determine the utility of implementing the design in Phase II. Requirements for the Fractal Object Database System will be determined in consultation with the Sponsor and from interactio ...

At the end of Phase I a software code implementing a prototype version of a system for real-time analysis of electromagnetic wave propagating in space and along the surface of an aircraft will be delivered. The computations will be performed on a virtual aircraft representing an actual aircraft in electronic format. The delivered prototype version will be capable of performing in rea ...

The objective of this basic research is to design and develop a low-frequency, ultra-wide band (UWE) antenna. Such an antenna combined with a pulse-generating radar system would be capable of penetrating and detecting targets through foliage, ice, snow, and even earth. Development of appropriate radar systems is state-of-the-art except for the antenna, which requires a breakthrough in technology ...

This exploratory development program is devoted to the development of an automated electromagnetic field probe to measure the electromagnetic fields in an anechoic chamber. The approach is based on the use of SATIMO's innovative rapid electromagnetic field measurement technique that scans large test areas or volumes in a few seconds or minutes, compared to the hours of measurement time required f ...

As greater numbers of systems compete for limited telemetry resources, measures must be taken to increase the utilization of the available spectrum. Fortunately, recent advances in communications systems and protocols can provide a dramatic increase in the utilization of allocated radio frequency spectrum. The best solution for the telemetry community requires that several areas of advanced tech ...

Scientific Research Corporation (SRC) proposes to develop a low-cost On-Aircraft Radio Test Set (OARTS). This test set will be used to diagnose faulty radio communications equipment while installed in the aircraft. The investigation of the development of the OARTS will focus on producing a test set that is compact, rugged, lightweight (i.e., on-man carry), self-contained, and user-friendly. The ...