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"In future advanced military diesel engine propulsion systems, the engine's tribological considerations have been limited by the temperature capability of the lubricating fluid. Thermal oxidation resulting in lubricant breakdown and formation of films anddeposits are typical causes of engine failure in the high operating conditions projected for Low Heat Rejection (LHR) type diesel engines. Work ...

The proposed project will create a novel system for using medical instruments in a wireless network. A unique, highly innovative system architecture is proposed. This work is made possible by the new low-cost wireless networking technology called Bluetooth. Bluetooth makes it commercially feasible for low-cost portable devices to be connected in a true wireless network. This enabling technology wi ...

"Improving filtration technology for military vehicle engine lubrication systems remains a significant challenge. Equipment failures due to improper or excessive periodic maintenance contribute substantially to the overall cost of maintaining militaryfleets and create combat ineffectiveness during mission critical operations. Current systems have short filter life span and do not provide satisfa ...

SATS is NASA's efficient personal air transportation vision. SATS airplanes must strive for higher levels of safety, speed, and comfort than small airplanes currently offer. BRS proposes to explore the dynamics of parachute inflation for aircraft in this new category and develop a system that will automatically and efficiently manage the parachute deployment sequence throughout their operating env ...

"Image processing techniques derived from Partial Differential Equations (PDEs) are applied to ladar range images to resolve occlded targets. One approach will use model-driven anisotropic diffusion to replace an occluded area with the maximum a priorisurface that is derived from the observable portions of the image. A second approach will align multiple ladar range images taken from different v ...

"Next-generation military systems integrating one billion or more transistor-equivalent digital, analog, and high frequency components may be iteratively verified more than 100 times as rapidly by technology developed and evaluated in this project.Specifically FTL Systems extends the VHDL-AMS design language (along with mirrored Verilg-AMS functionality) to include distributed elements (with parti ...

"Submarine Towed Array Systems (TAS) requires a process forautomating the collection of system specific data related tofleet-wide operational performance. The purpose of implementingsuch a process is to realize the benefits of Condition BasedMaintenance (CBM) to these remotely operated, externally locatedsystems. This project integrates elements that automaticallycollect real-time on-line Reliab ...

NEWTEC Services Group, Inc. proposes that a safe, expedient, and cost effective means of reclaiming contaminated lands from landmines and UXO can be achieved through the implementation of engineered plant-based fluorescent bioreporters. This technology isbased upon a previous microbial mine detection program, where microbes would excite and fluoresce in the presence of TNT vapors from UXO and lan ...

Magnetoresistive Random Access Memory (MRAM) is a candidate for nonvolatile memory applications in DoD military, space systems, MILSATCOM, and commercial space systems. 2D memory organizations used to date have placed stringent requirements on uniformityand "disturb" sensitivity of the cells resulting in poor manufacturing yields. Several innovations in memory architecture and cell structure in ...

Linear spin-valve sensors combined with NVE's patented isolator technology will be used to develop miniature, radiation-hardened, analog isolator devices for both military and commercial applications. This proposal is directed towards designing,fabricating and optimizing analog interface devices, such as analog signal amplifiers and miniature, rad-hard signal isolators with overload protection. ...