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SENSITIVITY OF STELLAR GUIDANCE OPTICS IS LIMITED BY REFLECTION OF STRAY LIGHT INSIDE THE OPTICAL SYSTEM. IMPROVEMENT BY 50-100% OR MORE CAN BE OBTAINED WITH A BLACK COATING, DISCOVERED BY CHARLES FELDMAN AT JOHNS HOPKINS APPLIED PHYSICS LABROATORY, CONSISTING OF SUBMICROSCOPIC COLUMNS OF AMORPHOUS SILICON PRODUCED BY ETCHING THE SURFACE OF A SOLID SILICON LAYER. THE PROGRAM, WITH DR. FELDMAN AS C ...

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A DIGITAL ENCODING SCHEME FOR THE ARCHIVAL, STORAGE, AND SUBSEQUENT TRANSMISSION OF COLOR GRAPHIC IMAGES WILL BE DEVELOPED. THIS SCHEME WILL ACCOMMODATE RAPID RESPONSE TIMES AND ALLOW FOR FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS AND MODIFICATIONS IN A WELL-DEFINED AND ECONOMIC MANNER. THE TECHNIQUE PROPOSED TO ACCOMPLISH THIS TASK IS BASED ON A PICTURE MATRIX TRANSFORMATION, WHICH IS BASED ON THE S-TRANSFORM CODING SC ...

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General Magnetic Sciences (GMS) proposes to develop a system that uses magnetic waves for communications from shore, ship, aircraft, or space to a submarine, or other sub-sea platform, operating at any speed and at significant depth. No longer would it be necessary for a submarine break off its mission to communicate. The submarine could continue on station while receiving communications that use ...

Since the beginning of Naval Warfare, effective communications with the submarine platform has been a significant challenge. By its very nature, submarine warfare succeeds or fails based upon the stealth abilities of the platform. Covert communications at speed and depth are required to fully engage the platform but providing this capability continues to be challenging. Recent efforts to achieve s ...

This Phase I SBIR program will be used to demonstrate advanced simulation, materials and fabrication processes for conformal antennas enhanced by the addition of substrates and superstrates with customized permittivity, permeability and through the application of metamaterials. To accomplish this task, NanoSonic has created a team with a unique combination of engineers, chemists and materials scie ...

Adaptive Technologies, Inc. (ATI) and Fortress Technologies have teamed to develop advances in flight deck data and voice communications for use by the Aviation Data Management and Control System (ADMACS) program. This unique challenge of providing operational, noise-free, voice-enabled data management in a flight deck environment, with wireless network integration to the existing ADMACS shipboard ...

K2 Energy Solutions, Inc. will address the Navy’s energy storage requirements by designing and fabricating a modular battery system similar to those the company has already developed for high performance electric vehicles. K2 develops and manufactures advanced lithium-ion energy storage systems based on intrinsically safe and inexpensive lithium iron phosphate cathode materials.

The SBIR Phase I proposal is designed to improve the high end temperature performance of Altairnano''''s nano Lithium titanate batteries and will develop an equivalent circuit model capturing the transient dynamics of Altairnano’s 50 Ah cell. Altairnano will study the effects of various materials and the interactions between them to determine the best electrode material combination in order to e ...