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The proposed Navy SBIR program will develop a high performance heat spreader technology that can be integrated into power semiconductor die packages to acquire and spread high heat fluxes exceeding 1,000W/cm2. The heat spreader will also interface withother parts of the thermal management system to effectively transport and dissipate the large heat loads to maintain the safe operating temperature ...

The central technical objective of the proposed project is development of a Conductive Repair Coatings which can be applied to multiple aircraft substrates and meet specific electrical conductance throughout the life of the coating. We propose for Phase Ito develop a conductive repair coating (CRC) having improved conductivity level and consistency in conductivity over previous systems. The system ...

Multi-axis fiber grating strain sensors have the ability to measure three dimensional strain and may be wavelength division multiplexed. This proposal describes means to multiplex a 6 by 8 array of multi-axis fiber grating strain sensors using a highspeed tunable system that allows measurements of shock and vibration to be made to support health monitoring of missiles. The passive dielectric nat ...

TRS Technologies, Inc. is pleased to respond to DARPA's request for cost effective manufacturing of high performance piezoelectric single crystals. The objective of the Phase I program is to develop a cost-effective fabrication process for manufacturinglarge relaxor piezoelectric PZN-PT crystals by the Bridgman method. Currently, PZN-PT is grown by the flux technique; which results in relatively ...

The objective of the proposed Phase I SBIR program is to greatly improve the performance of piezoelectric ceramics by combining recent new material discoveries with intelligent processing. Specifically high Curie temperature (Tc) Pb(Yb1/2Nb1/2)O3-PbTiO3(PYbN-PT) ferroelectrics will be fabricated into textured ceramics and bulk single crystals using templated grain growth (TGG) and templated cryst ...

The development of passive components for power generation and distribution has not kept pace with the rapid advances in wide band gap semiconductors. As a result, a large portion of the size and weight of power electronics systems is due to passivedevices such as capacitors. The most commonly used high-efficiency capacitors are based on high dielectric constant barium titanate doped to yield an ...

The Training Environment Support System (TESS) is designed to contribute to space operations training by (1) adding satellite operations center (SOC) support applications to Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) training facilities and (2) providinginstructors and trainees with training aids. Currently, high fidelity, simulation-based training for satellite operators does not feature certain import ...

Initial pilot training programs such as Undergraduate Pilot Training (UPT) presents students with an array of complex skills to acquire and integrate in a dynamic, time-sensitive performance context. Since most of a student's hours in UPT are spent on theground, training could be fundamentally improved if students had on-demand access to flight training devices that were sophisticated enough to pr ...

It is very difficult to develop complex diagnostic skills in the absence of a tangible and concrete system context. Air Force space system operators are required to develop diagnostic expertise for spacecraft they have never and will never see. Thisproblem has been recognized by training cadre at Vandenberg AFB. A significant need exists for models of satellites which can used to reinforce clas ...

Training teams of military operators is critical to effective performance in combat situations increasingly characterized by network-centric, information-rich environments and the corresponding demands on rapid, collaborative decision making. Performanceassessment of task skills is an inadequate measure of team skill mastery. Team performance assessment is needed, both to provide relevant team-ski ...