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Alameda Applied Sciences Corporation proposes to use its Filtered Cathodic Arc Plasma Deposition (FCAPD) process to apply reflective high-energy laser coatings to complaint polyamide substrates for space-based mirrors. FCAPD coatings have better adhesionand are denser and more stable than coatings deposited using other methods, such as, sputtering or evaporation. In addition, the internal stress o ...

The CipherProcessor architecture demonstrates reconfigurable opcodes unique to a specific processor or dynamically to a parallel environment and defined uniquely at compile time. Starting from a base of reconfigurable knowledge, Accord Solutions Inc willdevelop a reference design and demonstrate its viability. It incorporates an effective mechanism for delivery of compiled unique opcode binaries f ...

The objective of this proposed project is to develop innovative structural health monitoring (SHM) technologies for application to composite structures for unmanned air vehicle (UAV) platforms. Composites can incur invisible damage from impacts, loadingabrasion, operator abuse, or neglect that if unchecked may lead to lower structural reliability, higher life-cycle costs, and loss in operational c ...

A shape capture system for field and industrial capture of surface contours and discontinuous shapes is proposed. The system will provide accuracy of 0.01 inch or better at over 1 million points distributed over a region 100 inches across from three ormore images obtained with a high resolution handheld digital camera. A tripod or bench mounted projector projects a pattern onto the surface from w ...

AN ADAPTIVE ARRAY SIGNAL PROCESSOR CAPABLE OF ADAPTIVELY NULLING MULTIPE SIDELOBE JAMMERS AND SIDELOBE DISTRIBUTED AND DISCRETE GROUND CLUTTER RETURNES COMPETING WITH THE TARGET RETURN, IN AI-LOW OBSERVABLE TARGET DETECTING MEDIUM-PRF RADARS IS THE SUBJECT OF A DESIGN STUDY. THE ASI-DEVELOPED AIRBORNE RADAR ADAPTIVE ARRAY SIMULATION TEST BED (IMPLEMENTED IN A PC-286 COMPUTER) IS PROPOSED TO BE USE ...

MONOSTATIC RADAR SYSTEMS USING SPACE-TIME ADAPTIVE PROCESING (STAP) HAVE BEEN SIMULATED IN DETAIL AND SHOWN TO PROVIDE LARGE IMPROVEMENTS IN MOVING TARGET DETECTION. AND TRACKING CAPABILITY. THE PROPOSED STUDY WILL APPLY STAP TECHNOLOGY TO BISTATIC RADARS WITH AIRBORNE RECEIVERS AND AIRBORNE OR STATIONARY TRANSMITTERS. CANCELLATION OF CLUTTER IN A BISTATIC RADAR IS COMPLICATED BY THE RAPIDLY VARYI ...

NEAR-SURFACE DEFECTS IN SEMICONDUCTORS HAVE A PRIMARY INFLUENCE UPON DEVICE PROPERTIES, PARTICULARLY THE YIELD. IT WOULD BE VERY USEFUL TO BE ABLE TO MAP SPATIALLY THE DENSITY AND TYPE OF DEFECTS NEAR A SEMICONDUCTOR SURFACE EITHER AS A WAFER QUALITY CONTROL STEP OR TO SUPPORT DEVICE PHYSICAL EXPERIMENTS. CONVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES USED FOR THIS PURPOSE SUFFER FROM ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING LIMITA ...

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The proposed Phase 2 program will accelerate the development and commercialization of the Traveler-ARM isolation system conceptualized during the Phase 1 program. The Phase 1 program has established the technical feasibility and requirements compliance ofthe Traveler-ARM isolation system. The primary objective of the proposed Phase 2 program is to further develop and validate the Traveler-ARM is ...

Flightline Ground Support Equipment (GSE) must meet ever increasing technical requirements while reducing emissions. Pressure is on to consolidate many sizes into fewer standard models and to convert to electric or hybrid-electric operation. As part ofthis movement, the need has arisen for a DC power distribution module to convert vehicle battery pack power to many types of flightline AC power. Th ...