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THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO PROVIDE THE DESIGNER OF AN TI-RADIATION HOMING MISSILES WITH THE INFORMATION NECESSARY TO STRUCTURE FUTURE STUDIES AND TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS AIMED AT DEVELOPING AN ANTI- RADIATION MISSILE CAPABLE OF HOMING ON THREAT RADIATION MISSILE CAPABLE OF HOMING THREAT RADARS UTILIZING SPREAD SPECTRUM TECHNIQUES. THIS INVOLVES THE FOLLOWING TWO TASKS: 1. DEFINE THE C ...

THIS RESEARCH ADDRESSES TECHNIQUES AND MATERIALS FOR ON-ORBIT MAINTENANCE AND REFURBISHMENT OF THERMAL CONTROL SURFACE COATINGS USED ON LONG-LIFE SPACECRAFT. IN MANY CASES, CONSERVATIVE ASSUMPTIONS ON THE EFFECTS OF LONG-TERM DEGRADATION HAVE DRIVEN THE DESIGN OF SPACECRAFT THERMAL SYSTEMS TOWARD OVER CAPACITY WHICH RESULTS IN WEIGHT, SIZE, COMPLEXITY, AND COST PENALTIES. IF CRITICAL SURFACES COUL ...

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Development of combined Air-Turbo-Rocket(ATC/Scramjet component technology suitable for numerous USAF propulsion missions is proposed. Preliminary component design will focus on attaining fully throttleable boost and sustain thrust, vehicle speeds from Mach 0 to 8, and range as required. Activities during Phase I include: (1) Generator of an ATR/Scramjet system and component analysis methodology b ...

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The current development of an electric power generation system for the More Electric Aircraft (MEA) is based on a low-risk extension of existing three-phase, switched reluctance machine (SRM) technology. This research program proposes to study an alternate two-phase SRM and its associated power-conditioning converter. By the nature of the proposed machine, it has 50% of its stator coils active at ...

Dynetics proposes to initiate a study to investigate the potential benefits of applying a lattice control surface technology to hypersonic vehicles as a means to improve aircraft performance and operating efficiency. Under the Phase I effert, Dynetics will develop preliminary designs of generic lattice control surface concepts suitable for use on various types of hypersonic vehicles. Dynetics will ...

Dynetics proposes to initiate study to investigate the potential benefits of applying lattice control surface technology to transport aircraft as a means to substantially improve aircraft performance and operating efficiency. Under the Phase I effort, Dynetics will develop preliminary designs of generic lattice control surfaces concepts suitable for use on various types of transport aircraft. Dyne ...

This proposal is concerned with the accurate computer simulation of compressible transonic and supersonic flows. It explores the feasibility of developing a Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) code based on the p-version of the finite element method, which alleviates some of the inherent limitations and difficulties of established finite difference/finite volume methods for such flows. Numerical di ...