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AN ADVANCED TURBINE ENGINE FAN BLADE CONTAINMENT SYSTEM USING CERAMIC TILES ON A POLYMER FIBER BACKING RING IS PRO- POSED. THE PROPOSED CERAMIC/POLYMER-FIBER SYSTEM HAS PROVEN MORE WEIGHT EFFECTIVE THAN MONOLITHIC METALLIC OR POLYMER MATERIALS FOR STOPPING PENETRATION OF BALLISTIC MUNITIONS PROJECTILES. IT IS EXPECTED THAT THIS TECHNOLOGY, ORIGINAL-LY DEVELOPED FOR AIRCRAFT ARMOR SYSTEMS, WILL DEC ...

THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PHASE I RESEARCH IS TO DEMONSTRATE THE FEASIBILITY OF VAPOR DEPOSITING A THIN COATING OF MAGNESIUM ON BORON PARTICLES TO PROTECT THEM FROM LOW TEMPERATURE OXIDATION AND AID THEIR IGNITION IN BORON-CONTAINING FUELS. THE FEASIBILITY WILL BE DEMONSTRATED IN A LABORATORY SCALE DIFFUSION-FLOW APPARATUS. COLLECTED, COATED BORON PARTICLES WILL BE EXAMINED WITH OPTICAL AND ELECTRON MI ...

THE APPLICATION OF MODERN COMPUTER ASSISTED SYSTEMS ENGINEERING (CASE) TOOLS IS PROPOSED TO ADDRESS THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NAVY LOGISTICS WARFARE SYSTEMS ARCHITECTURE AND ENGINEERING (WSA&E) CONCEPT. THIS TECHNIQUE HAS BEEN APPLIED TO SIMILARLY COMPLEX AND INTERRELATED LARGE-SCALE ENTERPRISES. APJ HAS DEMONSTRATED THE VIABILITY OF STRUCTURED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS UTILIZING CASE IN THE PROCESS OF ORGANIZI ...

US Navy aircraft have an increasing need for regulated 28VDC power supplies to drive moder modern avionicsmission equipment and ordinance systems. There are currently three AC/DC regulated converters (CVs) on thethe V-22. The existing CV is a very complicated device, which makes it heavy,expensive, and unreliable.Avionic Instruments, Inc. has applied their patented, Regulated Transformer (RTR)Top ...

Recently, the Navy has seen a shift from open-ocean or “blue-water” operations to littoral or “brown-water” operations, with warships operating close to shore in high clutter environments. The TNC filter provides a low cost solution CIF improvement. This technology is applicable to several radar families that are fielded and in development. Phase II of the program will focus on character ...

In 2004, Breault Research Organization (BRO) was awarded and successfully completed the “Ship Board Lighting System” Phase 1 SBIR. The goal of this project was to develop a new solid-state deck floodlight that met the Navy’s irradiance and uniformity requirements. In addition, the new deck floodlight had to be night vision goggle (NVG) compatible and have a lower life cycle cost than a tra ...

Rapidly maturing smart materials technology can enable a newgeneration of turning devices for naval surface vessels. Theproposed effort will develop a new

Advanced rotorcraft induced velocity models have been developed that provide real-time solutions of the full-span, free-vortex rotor wake combined with fast panel models. It has been demonstrated in Phase I that these physically-based methods may be applied to model complex interactions between the rotorcraft, ship, and airwake in real-time simulation applications. The proposed Phase II program ...

A follow-on research effort to develop a means to improve rotorcraft handling in the Dynamic Interface (DI) environment is proposed. This work will investigate the use of both rotor state feedback and enhanced ship motion sensing systems for providing improved disturbance rejection during DI launch and recovery operations. Test data from both hardware concepts will be incorporated into simulatio ...

THE PROGRAM EXAMINES THE MAJOR DESIGN REQUIREMENTS AND DESIGN DECISIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN ACTIVE DUAL SOURCE MULTIPOINT TARGET RF AUGMENTOR FOR RADAR SIGNATURE ENHANCEMENT OF SMALL MISSILE-TYPE TEST TARGETS. THE EFFORT CONDUCTS THE TARGET AND INSTALLATION RESEARCH; DEFINES THE OPERATIONAL OBJECTIVES; DEFINES LARGE TARGET RF SIGNATURES; SELECTS AN AUGMENTATION SYSTEM DESIGN APPR ...