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Ignition of rocket motors can be performed using low-volt firing components, but MIL-STD-1901A requires mechanical isolation for safety. While traditional safe & arm devices are available, they are relatively large and heavy. Recent progress in MEMS has developed miniature safe & arm devices for low-cost munitions such as 40MM grenade and airburst munitions. The Black Hills Nanosystems team has ...

This proposal is for the development of a unique, ultra-portable, low-cost, hand-held high-pressure cold spray system for repairing cracks on aluminum structures on surface ships that were damaged by corrosion, based on a patent-pending cold spray device which has already be developed for shop or laboratory based applications. In the cold spray process, powder particles are accelerated by a supers ...

This phase I SBIR project will investigate the feasibility of developing an unattended ground sensor for the detection of occupied caves. The proposed work is an extension of a technology that was developed and used by the applicant to detect human andother targets through building and cave walls and to map tunnels of ore that are several thousand feet below the surface. Accordingly, this altern ...