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Both military and law enforcement are showing increasing interest in a wider array of Non-Lethal Weapons such as Active Denial Technology (ADT). Such systems require electrical power for their high power millimeter-wave generating RF sources. Currently not available, a compact efficient prime power system is an enabling technology as future ADT systems look towards new, more compact solid state RF ...

The objective of this Phase II effort is to develop a platform for recording and reconstructing operational data in Navy surface combatants. This will be a unified, open, modular, comprehensive recording platform capable of recording quantitative and qualitative data in a distributed system along with tools for real-time data analysis, transformation, storage and reconstruction/replay all within t ...

. The SDC team proposes to begin the Phase II program with risk reduction design, analysis, manufacturing, and testing of critical components followed by designing for integration into the CH-53K cargo handling system and with the TBFDS, and designing and analyzing the Composite Pallet Rapid Restraint (CPR2) system to meet the prescribed structural load cases. Following the successful completion o ...

The goal of this Phase II SBIR is risk reduction for the NGAPS DDS battery pack design in the areas of (1) electrochemical performance, (2) impact survival, and (3) the telescoping pack framework. For the first area, the performance of the individual Type I cells and small 3-cell packs will be measured under the environmental conditions expected during the operation of the NGAPS DDS. PolyPlus will ...

The Phase I program investigated two applications for innovative coatings to address existing issues with RF source components in Navy systems. Calabazas Creek Research, Inc. (CCR) and N.C. State University (NCSU) performed analysis and experiments to determine if the proposed approaches would provide the require functionality.CCR investigated potential coatings to address arcing issues with RF so ...

Mosaic crystalline monochromators define performance of neutron scattering devices employed in condensed matter research on research nuclear reactors. This project is devoted to development of a manufacturing technique for slow neutron Germanium mosaic monochromators with reflectivity exceeding reflectivity of pyrolytic graphite crystals. Germanium has small slow neutron absorption; its diamond cr ...

The aquaculture industry lags in genetically based selective breeding programs when compared to terrestrial commercial crops. This aggravates the United States’ (U.S.) $11 billion dollar seafood deficit, puts U.S. aquaculture entrepreneurs at an early disadvantage for success, and increases risk of bivalve crop degradation from climate change. Heterosis in bivalve crops, the phenomenon in which ...

The pH of the global ocean is becoming more acidic as a consequence of oceanic absorption of increasing atmospheric CO2 concentrations. This process, termed “ocean acidification” (OA), will likely affect the aquaculture of marine shellfish. Maintaining current levels of commercial mollusc production will require the identification and commercialization of resilient seedstock. Through Phase I r ...

NOAA seeks to characterize the impact of severe weather on coastal areas with a cost-effective, responsive multi-mission sensor system. In response Areté Associates proposes a conceptual design for an affordable, responsive, compact airborne sensor system called “Coastal Eyes” which will rapidly provide land and surface water topography, surface current, debris and storm surge mapping over wi ...

Detecting the presence of marine mammals in paramount in lessening man’s impact on the environment as we search the oceans for natural resources. Many human ocean activities use high powered acoustic sources that can disturb, disrupt, maim or kill marine animals. The ability to detect, identify and locate marine mammals is critical during these operations to mitigate harm. Passive acoustics is a ...