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The innovation proposed is the development of a high-fidelity software tool to be used for the design of hypersonic UAV dispense and subsequent dispense and dispersion of small hardened projectiles (SHAPs) from the UAVs using blast-based concepts. Such dispersed kinetic energy concepts can be effective against maneuverable and depressed trajectory threats for which conventional interceptors would ...

Hospitals are currently facing significant staffing crises, especially a shortage of immediate care personnel such as nurses. As a result of this shortage, the number of work-related injuries continues to increase primarily due to more work shifts, mandatory overtime, the increasing patient weight, and the aging nursing population. To address this issue, this project proposes to develop and implem ...

The U.S. Army, as well as other national military services, requires new and innovative energetic materials to produce next generation munitions. There exists a need for adaptable warheads that provide user-selectable energy output, as well as selectable modes of operation, such as fragmentation, penetration and blast. General Sciences, Inc. (GSI) will demonstrate the feasibility of applying energ ...

The use of lightweight, high strength carbon fiber reinforced composites in rocket motor cases has provided the ability to increase the propellant mass fraction, extend range and/or increase velocity for advanced tactical missile systems. While continuous fiber reinforced composites are being used for the motor case, relatively heavy metallic components are still employed for the case end closure ...

FBS, Inc. and The Pennsylvania State Vertical Lift Research Center of Excellence (VLRCOE), during Phase I of its Army Phase I SBIR contract, demonstrated improved ultrasonic deicing/anti-icing performance using a novel ultrasonic focusing technique. The resulting technology has shown great potential for providing a low-power, light-weight alternative to thermal-based ice protection systems curren ...

Test methods for scuffing and fatigue are available to assess surface technologies for high power density gears. Five key tribology parameters are identified to link mechanistic failure processes with engineering design parameters. The evaluation of advanced gear material processes, surface finishing and surface treatments, like laser peening, are proposed. The purpose is to selectively use cer ...

A compact, rugged, mobile, integrated automated-identification-technology warehouse system will be designed, built and demonstrated for use in military environments. The system will be scalable and able to provide management and visibility in local, regional and global environments. The system will employ a variety of technologies including active and passive RFID tags; agile scanners able to r ...

This proposal addresses the need for a smart, network-compatible, enhanced head-aimed video sensor system to enable geo-location and target hand-off from robotic platforms. The sensor system provides enhanced remote situational awareness, with specific features aimed towards reconnaissance and surveillance, and target identification and designation missions. This same sensor is also applicable t ...

Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) and Raman spectroscopy are developing rapidly for chemical and biochemical sensing applications. There is an urgent need for high-sensitivity detectors so as to minimize sample quantity and maximize detection range from the source. In most field-deployable spectrometers, a photo-detector array is used for analyzing the spectral contents. The sensitivitie ...

The Phase II program continues a highly successful Phase I, where a silent, unobservable, non-energetic means directly incorporated within electronics completely obliterate IC die within microseconds. The destruct is so extensive as to deny, even with the most sophisticated reverse engineer techniques, ability to derive any information about the chip or its functions. Phase II effort focus is on ...