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An interactive application that employs social interactions to teach key social conventions, including appropriate responses, reacting to body language and facial expressions, and the ability to ask for help to facilitate functioning in society

The US Navy's new DD(X) destroyer, currently under design, is expected to serve not only as an independent battlespace resource but also as a hub of a network of environmental sensors and sonar platforms. In this role, the DD(X) crew is responsible for deciding the distribution of assets needed to best accomplish the objectives of the current mission. Due to the environmental sensitivity of mult ...

An advanced vector hydrophone towed array is proposed for surface ship torpedo defense applications. Vector hydrophone promise to provide much-needed array gain in aperture-constrained systems. The additional gain results in significant increases in detection ranges and/or decreases in false alarm rates. A physics-based vector sensor array simulator will be developed in a modular architecture. ...

A critical design feature for a towed mine countermeasure platform is low drag. In this STTR we propose to integrate an efficient acoustic source within a low drag body to perform influence mine sweeps behind an unmanned surface vehicle. To develop the optimum system a trade-study is proposed during Phase I to examine electronically-powered transducers and novel hydroacoustic concepts. The tran ...

The US Navy is seeking improved fire protection systems with the primary goal to reduce the areal density based on the current 1 lb/sq ft baseline value. Recent tests with intumescent coatings were largely unsuccessful. Passive fire protection systems are preferable due to their relatively inert nature during a fire event. New thermal concepts are needed to lower areal density of passive fire p ...

Barrier coatings to prevent moisture ingress into radome structures of advanced missile systems are a critical need for the Navy. Ingress of moisture during missile storage can degrade the critical sensor and guidance electronic components housed within the missile radome. The US Navy is developing missiles targeted for varying flight conditions which utilize many radome materials. A versatile ...

To advance work done on heavy fuel diesel engine in Phase I to further improve performance while at the same time increasing its power 5 fold.improve performance while at the same time increasing its power 5 fold.

In response the U.S. Navy's desire to continuously improve its undersea weapons capabilities, Design By Analysis, Inc. of New Britain, Connecticut in conjunction with the University of Connecticut's Global Fuel Cell Center propose an auxiliary electrochemical power system for use in undersea weapon systems. This novel concept modifies an existing thermally propelled torpedo to include Proton Exch ...

Practical use of a regenerative fuel cell (RFC) for solar powered aircraft and similar high altitude applications is limited due to a lack of proven technology designed for mission requirements. One of the most important issues to be addressed for high altitude airship applications is the stable, reliable operation of a closed-loop pure oxygen-feed proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC). Dis ...

The project focuses on the development of an electrochemical variable buoyancy device for autonomous underwater vehicles. The approach is based on the electrochemistry of metal-gas batteries, wherein one electrode has a gaseous reactant and the other is a metal or metal oxide. The proposed electrochemical couple is metal hydride - hydrogen, which combines the metal hydride electrode of nickel meta ...