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In the Phase I study of Zero Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) Aircraft Coatings (Contract Number FA8650-07-M-5029), the feasibility to formulate environmentally safe, high performance, dual-cure (UV cure followed by air dry) urethane gloss topcoat as well as conventional fast dry two-component chromate-free epoxy primer, was demonstrated by preliminary results. The 100% solids non-chromate pr ...

Giant Grouper (E. lanceolatus) is one of the most desirable marine fish in the world. Its robust nature, tremendous growth rate, superb quality flesh and high value make it ideal for open ocean aquaculture. Phase I research marked the first time this species has been reared in the hatchery outside of Southeast Asia. Broodstock nutrition, spawning seasonality and lunar periodicity were defined. ...

This effort will be to develop an electronic attack prototype system, including a scaled target which would simulate the electro-optical signature of a threat missile and include a monopulse antenna and receiver. A test plan and measures of effectiveness will be developed. Testing and evaluation of the system would be conducted.

The recent advance in radar technologies utilizing high speed digital signal processing enabled the self-calibrating AMC jammer as an onboard selfprotection jammer for large standoff jamming and surveillance platforms. The use of noncoherent, cooperative dual-platform AMC jammers allows two separate platforms such as small aircrafts or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to collaboratively jam monopul ...

CompuTherm, LLC proposes to develop and experimentally validate thermodynamic databases for nickel, aluminum, and titanium based alloys. Thermodynamic databases are critically needed by the materials industry to accelerate the development of new materialsfor applications such as turbine engines. Databases greatly reduce the need for costly and time-consuming trial-and-error experiments. Unfortunat ...

Oceanit has successfully shown in Phase I that highly accurate (sub-arcsecond) observations are obtainable utilizing a relatively low-cost COTS system. These highly accurate angular observations can be introduced into the orbit determination process as asupplement to high-quality range data. These improved angular observations help resolve the geometric ambiguity of range-only orbit determinatio ...

Shrimp farming is the world's most valuable aquaculture sector with 1994 production of 733,000 MT and crop value of $4 billion. This huge industry depends on wild animals with its seedstock either gathered directly from the sea or produced in hatcheries from wild-caught broodstock. Recently the industry has experienced severe disease problems which in part are due to its reliance on wild animals ...

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The proposed project will evaluate a variety of power electronic topologies of the interface between a micro SMES system and the dc side of commercially available ac inverters, in-line UPS systems, and variable speed drives. This assessment will be applicable to micro SMES systems with an energy storage of up to 10 MJ and power rating of up to about 5 MW. The range of 500 to 5,000 Vdc will be us ...

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