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The widespread use of communication devices and radar systems has made our society increasingly vulnerable to disruptive high-power, short-pulse electromagnetic interference (EMI) and high power microwaves (HPM). Significant advances in devices thatproduce these high-power, short pulses have been made in the US and abroad in the past few decades. As a result, the need for devices that can protect ...

In Phase I of the proposed program the term of ADMA Products Inc. Twinsburg, OH and the University of Idaho, Moscow, ID demonstrated the ability to produce low cost Ti-6A1-4V powder and are now evaluating plate produced via a powder metallurgy approach.Seven potentially low cost powder types were evaluated. (1) crushed Ti-6A1-4V machine turnings which were crushed after hydrogenation (2) crushed C ...

In the phase I program, Advanced Ceramics Research, Inc. (ACR) fabricated in situ metallic foams by using a unique water-soluble polymer blend and ACR's Extrusion Freeform Fabrication (EFF) method. When the green parts were heated for binder burnout, thebinder was found to foam and create uniform closed, high-aspect ratio porosity. The freeform fabrication also could create open porosity ranging f ...

Currently available handheld mine detectors are effective in detecting metal mines and pieces of metal used in the firing mechanisms of non-metallic mines. However, these detectors can have a very high false alarm rate due to an inability to discriminatetargets, particularly the types and shapes of small metal-firing mechanism parts, and they are not effective at localizing small metallic targets ...

The Phase II objective is to develop web-based training that increases Army officers' critical thinking ability. The need for such training was confirmed by the results of Phase I where it was shown that (1) critical thinking (CT) skills are important toBattle Command success, (2) poor CT performance creates serious problems for Command/Control, and (3) military curriculum does not train CT skill ...

The overall objective of the Phase II effort is to improve the Army aviator's ability to perform night missions by developing innovative symbols that capitalize on the advantages of new wide-field of view (WFOV) helmet-mounted displays (HMDs). We willbuild upon the successes of the Phase I effort, in which we identified more than 100 valuable new symbols through mission analyses, developed the sym ...

Atmospheric Glow Technologies (A-G Tech) proposes to develop an innovative mobile Atmospheric Plasma Decon (APD) System based upon the patented One Atmosphere Uniform Glow Discharge Plasma (OAUGDP) technology. This advanced system will be a deployablemilitary protection system that will decontaminate highly toxic chemicals and microorganisms on sensitive equipment, personnel protective equipment, ...

Modern Army vehicles require durable, modular, lightweight structures with high survivability armor integration. Application of smart structure concepts combined with advanced composite materials offer the potential for a new series of structural systemsto meet these requirements.During Phase I of the project the accurate modeling of advanced composites at multi-scale levels was demonstrated. It i ...

Advanced EFP warheads provide a number of modeling challenges that must be handled well to make designs feasible, but are very difficult to accomplish with current state of the art, general purpose solver technology. The principal challenge has recentlymoved to user interface problems as it takes too long for models to be prepared and parameter studies cannot be completed in a reasonable amount o ...

SBIR Phase II proposal is submitted here for evaluation. A compact millimeter-wave waveguide-integrated low loss antenna with a forward tilted fan-beam covering about 90x3.2 degreesis proposed. A total of eight antennas will be integrated into a 4-inchdiameter package. The package also will include at least two sets of oscillator-upconverter modules and four receiver mixers to generate four set ...