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Long range Naval Gun Fire Support (NGFS) represents a cost efficient and highly effective enabling technology for the U.S. and Allies to retaliate against remote terrorist elements without relying on expensive missiles and air assets. This proposaldescribes a chemically driven hydrogen gun that will provide two to three times the range of next generation rocket propelled munitions for standard bar ...

Airex Corporation's Missile Steering Control Actuator System (MSCAS) can be directly applied to provide the high performance missile steering capability required by the Navy's High Speed Anti-Radiation Demonstration program.In the MSCAS, each missile fin is positioned by a low volume, low cost, low weight, high performance, brushless linear motor system comprised of an opposed pair of curved elect ...

Increasingly missions are turning to EO/IR operation requiring windows with large spectral bandpass. This large bandpass coupled with the size of the required window substrates has necessarily limited the choice of materials. Calcium Flouride is generallychosen, however it has the undesirable property that it tends to scratch quite easily. In this proposal we will discuss a proprietary method of ...

A large number of existing Navy concrete structures are in a state of deterioration/distress. It must also be recognized that many repaired concrete structures are severely deteriorated only after a few years having been repaired. How to halt the decayof the Navy's physical infrastructure? The durability of concrete repair must be ensured on a basis of daily practice, from the research, design, ...

During successful development of small diesel engines and generator sets for the Army, DARPA, NASA and others, D-STAR has developed useful experience and technologies for small, compact, light-weight, high-speed diesel engines and power systems. DuringPhase I of the proposed effort, D-STAR will explore development of a JP-8 fueled hybrid diesel electric propulsion system for use on small Unmanned ...

FuelCell Energy, Inc. (FCE) is developing a marine fuel cell power plant for use on naval vessels. The Ship Service Fuel Cell power generator is based on internally reformed carbonate fuel cell technology utilizing naval logistic fuels.Logistic fuels require sulfur removal and conversion to a methane-rich gas for use with the internally reforming carbonate fuel cell stacks. The present fuel pr ...

Naval aircraft operate in hostile environments that include sandy or dusty landing zones and/or severe sand/rain storms. Helicopters and other vertical/short takeoff and landing (VTOL/ STOL) aircraft such as the V-22 Osprey are expected to endure thesesevere environments without rapid erosion to the leading edge of their rotor blade. The U.S. Navy is interested in removing the metallic leading ed ...

The purpose of this project is to develop a video/electronic media training program to strengthen preschool children's beginning reading skills. Many children in the United States, particularly children from low-income families, begin kindergarten unprepared to develop beginning reading skills. They lack the kind of experiences that research indicates are crucial to being ready to learn how to rea ...

The purpose of this project is to develop a video/electronic media training program to strengthen preschool children's beginning reading skills. Many children in the United States, particularly children from low-income families, begin kindergarten unprepared to develop beginning reading skills. They lack the kind of experiences that research indicates are crucial to being ready to learn how to rea ...

Conventional ceramic radomes materials have reached their performance and life limitations, predominantly due to more severe flight environments and targeting requirements for advanced missile systems, and the resultant increase in radomes materialsproperty requirements. This problem has become exacerbated with the phase out of Pyroceram as a commercially available radome material, since alternat ...