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Proposed is a robust, non-toxic corrosion inhibitor system consisting of novel, stable colloidal, hybrid polymeric or composite materials that are modified to have functional groups covalently or ionically combined with selected corrosion inhibition groups and are mainly prepared by atom transfer radical polymerization. Chain length and number and type of functional groups can be adjusted. Hydroph ...

The US Navy and other Department of Defense agencies are facing an urgent need for new and improved radome materials for advanced missile systems. High temperature sealants on radome structures of advanced missile systems is a critical need, since ingress of moisture during missile storage can degrade the electronic components housed within the missile radome. Inorganic coatings are preferred for ...

Automatika, Inc. proposes to develop MaCS, a high-fidelity manipulator system for use on samm unmanned robot vehicles for use in EOD missions for IED disarming. The system is intended to utilize high-performance joint actuators and allow for easy operator control in cartesian space using a simple vector-controlled control-input method to simplify endpoint motions for complex tasks.

TRS Technologies, Inc. and Raytheon propose to develop broadband, low voltage sonar projector elements for mine hunting systems using relaxor ferroelectric single crystals. Specifically, we will develop crystal tonpilz elements for the side-scan, volume search sonar array on the AN/AQS-20 towed mine hunting system. These elements will be designed to have crystal drive sections with high aspect r ...

Current piezoelectric ceramic composites used for mid-range (100-200 kHz) for ASW and MCM applications have a number of drawbacks including size, bandwidth, and stress rods. Single crystal PMN-PT has an inherently higher stress limit than ceramics, though until recently techniques of dicing the material did not allow this limit to be reached. With new techniques, dynamic stresses of 50 MPa are po ...

For this Phase I SBIR program TRS Technologies and Ultra Electronics Ocean Systems (UEOS) will develop 3” diameter single crystal segmented ring transducers for an Acoustic Communications (ACOMMS) buoy with both gateway data transmission and long range tactical paging capability. The buoy will be sized for launch from the submarine signal ejector (SSE). The use of underwater ACOMMS has been li ...

For this Phase I SBIR program, TRS Technologies and Ultra Electronics Ocean Systems (UEOS) will develop tangentially poled single crystal ring transducers for the Next Generation Countermeasure (NGCM), a compact, submarine-launched, smart countermeasure designed to decoy acoustic homing torpedoes. The improved material properties of single crystal enable the design of a small but capable transduc ...

TRS Technologies, Inc. and Northrop-Grumman Undersea Systems (NGUS) propose to develop a common high frequency (HF) mine avoidance SONAR projector based on broadband single crystal transducer elements. The broadband transducers developed on this program will enable a common design for sail and chin projector arrays on Virginia class submarines. The unique properties of single crystal will result ...

Wider use of robotic and uninhabited vehicles is limited by needs for UxVs to be intermittently out of direct operator control and thus operate under relative autonomy, and for a simple and efficient human controller interface. This proposal addresses both issues by using human-human interaction and communication as a metaphor. Specifically, it seeks to achieve UxV control/autonomy through an on ...

Emergency personnel deal with a range of acute problems resulting from battlefield gunshot and improvised explosive device trauma to accidents, terroristic acts, and a variety of other incidents. Front line medical personnel often encounter these problems away from communications and medical infrastructure and under situations where they must travel ‘light’ to get to casualties. MedNet exploi ...