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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 research proposed here is built on the promising results obtained in the Phase I project. During Phase I research, we have further improved blue micro-size light emitter output power efficiencies by optimizing the material qualities as well as devicestructures. Several integrated photonics devices have been fabricated and their operation under current injection has been achieved.The objecti ...

"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 ...

"The success or failure of military operations increasingly depends on situation awareness. Critical to situation awareness is the knowledge of the precise position and heading of enemy weaponry and personnel. There is a need for navigational systemsindependent of external sources and signals that would provide information about the position or movement of Unmanned Air Vehicles (UAV) used to mon ...

"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 ...

"The objective of this Phase II proposal is to develop a hand-portable waterless decontamination system based on Reactive Nanoparticle Technology to address chemical and biological threats. Currently fielded chemical warfare decontamination technologieseither rely on harsh oxidants (such as bleach) or logistically complicated bulky, equipment (such as high temperature pressure washers). An ideal ...

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 ...

Phycotransgenics goal is to develop a vaccine delivery system using microalgae to reduce diseaseassociated costs for aquaculture. To accomplish this, we transformed Chlamydomonas, a single-cell algal species, with an antigen gene. Through our Phase 1 Program, we demonstrated that: 1) an antigen expressed in our algae can elicit an immune response in fish, and; 2) using our microalgal delivery syst ...

Larviculture of marine finfish to provide feed trained healthy seedstock is a major constraint to the merging marine aquaculture industry. Recent research (Phase 1) in the U.S. and some anecdotal information from Asian services have shown success in captive habituation, maturation and spawning wild adult cobia broodstocks and production of high quality eggs/larvae. Larviculture of cobia fry as sho ...

"Surfaces Research is developing multigrade (15W40) extreme-temperature engine oils that provide superior performance and single-fluid logistic advantages for the U.S.Army Future Combat System (FCS) engine.The FCS engine operates at significantly higher temperatures for longer times than previous low-heat-rejection (LHR) engines. The Surfaces Research lubricant will be the engine oil, cooling flui ...