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ALUMINUM COATED GLASS FIBERS HAVE FOUND BROAD BASED USE AS RADAR CHAFF, HOWEVER, EXISTING METHODS OF MANUFACTURE ARE GENERALLY HIGH COST AND DO NOT OPTIMIZE ADHESION BETWEEN METAL AND GLASS WHICH MAY LEAD TO PERFORMANCE LOSS DURING HANDLING OR PROCESSING. BY UTILIZING A HIGH SPEED, LOW CAPITAL COST PROCESS SUCH AS CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION (CVD) IN COMBINATION WITH NOVEL INTERLAYER TECHNOLOGY, A P ...

THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS EFFORT IS TO PROVIDE A REVIEW AND ANALYSIS OF EXISTING AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE SHELTER STRUCTURES AND MATERIALS AND MOBILE HEATING/COOLING SYSTEMS. ONE ATTRACTIVE APPROACH IS TO REFINE PRIOR WORK ON THE LOCARCH SHELTER PROGRAM IN A TEAMING EFFORT WITH LOCKHEED GEORGIA COMPANY, THE ORIGINAL DEVELOPER. SHOULD NO EXISTING SHELTER HARDWARE PROVIDE SATISFACTORY PERFORMANCE, THE EFFOR ...

THIS PROJECT WILL RESEARCH MATERIALS AND DEVELOP A DESIGN AND CONCEPT FOR MAKING ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT SHELTERS USING ADVANCED MATERIALS. THE ADVANCED MATERIAL SHELTER WILL BE DESIGNED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF A NUMBER OF SIGNIFICANT ADVANCES IN MATERIALS AND PROPRIETARY TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES IN MANUFACTURING DEVELOPED BY ADVANCED COMPOSITE TECHNOLOGY, INC. (ACT). ACT HAS DEVELOPED TWO TECHNOLOGIES SI ...

THIS PROJECT WILL RESEARCH MATERIALS AND DEVELOP A DESIGN AND CONCEPT FOR MAKING A ULTRA-STRONG, LIGHT WEIGHT SMALL CRATER REPAIR SYSTEM USING ULTRA-LIGHT, ULTRA-STRONG ADVANCED MATERIALS. THE END PRODUCT FOR PHASE I WILL BE A DETAILED DESIGN AND ANALYSIS FOR THE SYSTEM. THE ADVANCED MATERIAL SYSTEM WILL BE DESIGNED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF A NUMBER OF SIGNIFICANT ADVANCES IN MATERIALS AND PROPRIETARY ...

THE EFFICIENT DEVELOPMENT OF ADVANCED AIRCRAFT CONCEPTS OR INTRODUCTION OF NEW FUELS WILL REQUIRE INCREASED MECHANISTIC UNDERSTANDING AND MODELS TO PREDICT THERMAL STABILITY IN ORDER TO ELIMINATE THE REQUIREMENT FOR EXTENSIVE EMPIRICAL TESTING. THE PROPOSAL IS FOR A COMBINED EXPERIMENTAL, ANALYTICAL, AND MODELING PROGRAM TO DEVELOP A MECHANISTIC UNDERSTANDING AND MODEL OF FUEL THERMAL STABILITY. T ...

THE RECENT DISCOVERY OF PEROVSKITE-LIKE COPPER-OXIDE SUPERCONDUCTORS WITH TRANSITION TEMPERATURES ABOVE LIQUID NITROGEN TEMPERATURES HAS LED TO RENEWED INTEREST IN THE APPLICATION OF SUPERCONDUCTIVITY. THESE NEW YBACUO (YBA[2]CU[3[O[7-X]) MATERIALS OFFER THE OPPORTUNITY TO USE THESE MATERIALS AS DETECTORS MORE CONVENIENTLY THAN THE "CLASSICAL" SUPERCONDUCTORS. THE LARGER ENERGY GAP OF THESE NEW HI ...

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CURRENTLY SURVIVABILITY ASSESSMENTS DO NOT USE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCETECHNIQUES. THE GOAL OF THIS PHASE I PROPOSAL IS TO BUILD A DEMONSTRATABLE KNOWLEDGE SUPPORT SYSTEM TO ASSIST SURVIVABILITY ANALYSTS AND SYSTEM ARCHITECTS IN MAKING SURVIVABILITY ASSESSMENTS. SPECIFICALLY, WE WILL BUILD A SYSTEM INCORPORATING A SATELLITE/WEAPON DESCRIPTION AND PROBABILISTIC METHODS THAT WILL PROVE THE FEASIBILIT ...

A NEED EXISTS FOR A PROCESS FOR SEPARATING OXYGEN FROM AIR WHICH IS HIGHLY SELECTIVE, RAPID, OR MINIMAL WEIGHT AND BULK, AND ENERGY EFFICIENT. WE PROPOSE TO INVESTIGATE A NOVEL SYSTEM IN WHICH OXYGEN IS SEPARATED FROM AIR BY A CYCLIC PROCESS; OXYGEN IS FIRST BOUND BY AN EXOTHERMIC REACTION AT A TRANSITION METAL SITE IN A CARRIER MOLECULE, AND LATER RELESED BY A PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTION INDUCED BY IR ...

THE CURRENT CLASS OF SMALL PISTON ENGINES AS USED IN VARIOUS REMOTELY PILOTED VEHICLES AND SMALL AIRCRAFT SUFFER FROM A LACK OF POWER DENSITY AND HIGH VIBRATION LEVELS. THE CORDRAY ROTARY ENGINE IS A NEW TYPE OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE OPERATING ON THE OTTO CYCLE PRINCIPLE THAT OFFERS AT LEAST A FOURFOLD INCREASE IN POWER DENSITY OVER PISTON ENGINES AND A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN VIBRATION. IN A ...