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Applied Physical Electronics, L. C. (APELC) offers a portable, battery-powered RF generator well suited for UAV payloads, laboratory or field use. This proposed system would build on the current success of APELC's current Phase II efforts, in which largerimpulse generators are being developed. This proposed system will incorporate those successes to generate an impulse of microwave energy, at ver ...

For aircraft /store compatibility, a comprehensive software system requested by the Air Force for rapid assessment of flutter and ejection loads (RAFEL) poses challenging requirements. With ZAERO aeroelastic software as a base, ZONA can establish a RAFELsystem satisfying all AF's requirements. Specifically, ZONA will develop RAFEL in Phase I with: a) solution accuracy with flutter solution robustn ...

It is proposed to development of a large-scale production apparatus that produces single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNT) and catalytic multi-walled nanotubes (MWNT) on a continuous process basis. A novel and flexible reactor design will be investigated. Theproposed reactor design will allow the control of production parameters including catalyst type and particle size, the type of carbon source, ca ...

This Phase II STTR proposal describes an activated form of organophosphate hydrolyzing enzyme that, when dissolved in water, forms a covalent bond to skin. In Phase I, a lyophilized preparation of Organophosphate Hydrolase (OPH) from Pseudomonas diminutaretained the capability to couple to skin and to hydrolyze nerve agent surrogates when stored for months at 40¿C. Immobilized enzyme also retai ...

This Phase II STTR proposal describes an activated form of organophosphate hydrolyzing enzyme that, when dissolved in water, forms a covalent bond to skin. In Phase I, a lyophilized preparation of Organophosphate Hydrolase (OPH) from Pseudomonas diminutaretained the capability to couple to skin and to hydrolyze nerve agent surrogates when stored for months at 40¿C. Immobilized enzyme also retai ...

A heavy mortar platoon providing immediate indirect fire (IF) support to an Infantry or Armor Battalion (BN) generates and processes many time-critical and mission-critical events. The effectiveness of the platoon is directly related to its ability todeliver On Order missions and Final Protective Fires accurately and on-time, while exploiting terrain features providing cover and concealment for su ...

Decision aids, in the perspective of the soldier, exist to assist him in seven distinct operational areas - Plan, Deploy, Detect, Evaluate, Decide, Deliver, and Sustain. These represent

Some ground crews for aircrafts are exposed to ambient noise levels up to 150 dB SPL: at these levels, conduction of sound through tissues is significant and may be responsible for hearing loss. Protecting the ear canal with earplugs and earmuffs cannotprevent damage caused by tissue-conducted sound. Our research partners at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, experts in bioacoustics and ...

Proposed enhancement of the thermal control of rocket engine combustion chambers is achieved by implementing advanced high thermal conductivity, light weight polycapillary materials (APM) to provide improved transpiration cooling of the walls and/ordevelop efficient ablative chamber wall material. MER Corporation has developed the method of fabricating metal and/or ceramic APM characterized by ...

Continuous fiber-reinforced ceramic composites (CFCCs) are inherently wear and oxidation resistant, retain strength at higher temperatures and have lower specific densities than competing metal systems. The hot sections of gas turbine engines and relateddevices are exposed to aggressive gaseous species at high temperature. Because of their thermochemical stability and oxidation resistance, continu ...