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  1. ACTIVATED METAL DECOY FOR LOW IR SIGNATURE AIRCRAFT

    SBC: Alloy Surfaces Company, Inc.            Topic: N/A

    ACTIVATED STEEL FOIL FABRICATED INTO ELEMENTS TO BE PACKAGED AS EXPENDABLE DECOYS HAS SHOWN GOOD PERFORMANCE IN LOW IR SIGNATURE APPLICATIONS. THE PRESENT BATCH PRODUCTION PROCESS FOR THESE FOILS ENTAILS, IN PART, TWENTY HOURS OF FURNACE TREATMENT. A COMBINATION OF NINE SEPARATE OPERATIONS, LOW PRODUCTION RATES AND HIGH LABOR COSTS YIELDS A UNIT MANUFACTURING COST OF MORE THAN $250.00. WE PROPOSE ...

    SBIR Phase I 1990 Department of DefenseNavy
  2. ADAPTIVE CONTROL AND HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS FOR A COMPLES MANUFACTURING ENVIRONMENT

    SBC: Semimac Inc            Topic: N/A

    THIS PROPOSAL ADDRESSES THE TECHNICAL CHALLENGE TO U.S. INDUSTRY FOR DEVELOPMENT OF CONTROL SYSTEMS THAT ARE ADAPTABLE TO CHANGES IN THE COMPLEX MULTIPLE, CONCURRENT PROCESSES OF A SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING ENVIRONMENT. THE PROPOSED WORK IS EXPLORATORY RESEARCH WHICH WILL RESULT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN ABSTRACT SETTING FOR THE CONTROL SYSTEMS, INVOLVING A THREE TIER HIERARCHICAL APPROACH, WITH ...

    SBIR Phase I 1990 Department of DefenseDefense Advanced Research Projects Agency
  3. AERODYNAMIC ANALYSIS OF SUBSONIC VERTICAL TAKE-OFF AND LANDING AIR VEHICLE

    SBC: Corpdray Research Inc.            Topic: N/A

    THE ADVENT OF THE CORDRAY ROTARY ENGINE HAS MADE POSSIBLE SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES IN THE POWER TO WEIGHT RATIO AVAILABLE TO THE AIRCRAFT DESIGNER. ENGINE SELECTION IS HISTORICALLY THE PRIMARY DETERMINATIVE OFVEHICLE DESIGN AND PERFORMANCE. THE AVAILABILITY OF THIS ENGINE ALONGWITH ADVANCES IN COMMAND AND CONTROL ELECTRONICS MAKES POSSIBLE A NEW CLASS OF VEHICLE CAPABLE OF VERTICAL TAKE OFF AND THEN ...

    SBIR Phase II 1990 Department of DefenseAir Force
  4. AIRCRAFT WHEEL USAGE INDICATOR SYSTEMS

    SBC: Lisi Engineering & Development            Topic: N/A

    PROPOSAL FOR UTILIZING SOLID STATE PIEZO-RESISTIVE SENSORS TO MEASURE AND RECORD CUMULATIVE WHEEL ROTATIONS. WHEEL ROTATION IS SENSED BY EXPLOITING THE FORCE DUE TO NORMAL (CENTRIPETAL) ACCELERATION, WHICH IS A FUNCTION OF THE ROTATIONAL SPEED SQUARED. THE ELECTRONIC PACKAGE IS SMALL (INCORPORATING SMT) AND CONSISTS MAINLY OF THE SENSOR AND A MOTOROLA F68HC11 MICROPROCESSOR. THE MICROPROCESSOR IS ...

    SBIR Phase I 1990 Department of DefenseNavy
  5. ALUMINUM-GALLIUM-ARSENIDE TOP SOLAR CELL FOR MECHANICAL ATTACHMENT TO A SILICON CONCENTRATOR WITH IMPROVED AMO EFFICIENCY

    SBC: ASTROPOWER, INC.            Topic: N/A

    INCREASES IN SOLAR CELL EFFICIENCY CAN BE ACHIEVED WITH TANDEM MULTI-JUNCTION STRUCTURES TO IMPROVE THE PERFORMANCE AND SCALE OF SPACE PHOTOVOLTAIC CONCENTRATORS. THE "TOP SOLAR CELL" TANDEM APPROACH COULD INCREASE ENERGY CONVERSION EFFICIENCY BY AS MUCH AS 100%. A SELF-SUPPORTING ALUMINUM-GALLIUM-ARSENIDE (ALGAAS) TOP SOLAR CELL IS BEING DEVELOPED FOR MECHANICAL ATTACHMENT TO A SILICON CONCENTRAT ...

    SBIR Phase II 1990 Department of DefenseMissile Defense Agency
  6. A MILLIMETER WAVE PASSIVE RADIOMETER TO DETECT TARGETS AT SEA

    SBC: Ophir Corporation            Topic: N/A

    WE PROPOSE A PASSIVE MULTI-CHANNEL MILLIMETER-WAVE RADIOMETER FOR DETECTING METAL OBJECTS AGAINST THE SEA-SURFACE BACKGROUND, EVEN THOUGH THE TARGET IS TOO SMALL TO BE BEAMFILLING. THE PROPOSED "FREQUENCY-TRANSFORMATION" DETECTION TECHNIQUE WILL UTILIZE MULTIPLE PASSIVE CHANNELS AT 23, 31,, AND 94 GHZ. THIS RADIOMETER DEVELOPMENT TO DETECT TARGETS AT SEA IS A LOGICAL EXTENSION OF OUR ALREADY DEVEL ...

    SBIR Phase I 1990 Department of DefenseNavy
  7. A MULTIPLE-OUTPUT SI/GAAS HYBRID IMAGING DEVICE FOR VERY HIGH FRAME-RATE APPLICATIONS

    SBC: Q-DOT, INC.            Topic: N/A

    CONVENTIONAL HIGH-SPEED IMGAGE-RECORDING SYSTEMS ARE TYPICALLY BASED ON STROBOSCOPIC AND/OR HIGH-SPEED FILM METHODOLOGIES. THESE APPROACHES SUFFER FROM THE USE OF FILM AS A RECORDING MEDIUM, REDUCING SYSTEM FLEXIBILITY AND ELIMINATING REAL-TIME EVALUATION OF IMAGE DATA. FURTHERMORE, CONVENTIONAL ELECTRONIC IMAGING SYSTEMS DO NOT POSSESS HIGH FRAME-RATE CAPABILITIES. Q-DOT PROPOSES A HYBRID SI/GAAS ...

    SBIR Phase II 1990 Department of DefenseArmy
  8. AN AUTOMATED SOFTWARE SYSTEM FOR UPDATING DIGITAL TERRAIN DATA BASES FROM ALL-SOURCE IMAGERY

    SBC: VEXCEL CORP.            Topic: N/A

    N/A

    SBIR Phase I 1990 Department of DefenseArmy
  9. AN OPTIMAL MANEUVERING REENTRY BODY SHAPE DESIGN PACKAGE

    SBC: APTEK, Inc.            Topic: N/A

    THE OVERALL GOAL OF PHASE I AND PHASE II IS TO DEVELOP SOFTWARE THAT WILL FIND THE OPTIMAL SIZE AND SHAPE OF MARB DESIGNS ACCORDING TO USER DEFINED DESIGN CRITERIA. PHASE I WILL SHOW THE FEASIBILITY OF MARB SHAPE DESIGN OPTIMIZATION BY COMBINING A GEOMETRIC MODELER, OPTIMIZATION SOFTWARE, AND FREE-FORM DEFORMATION WITH AN ANALYSIS MODULE. THE PHASE I ANALYSIS MODULE WILL CONTAIN AERODYNAMICS AND I ...

    SBIR Phase II 1990 Department of DefenseNavy
  10. A NOVEL PASSIVE SENSOR FOR APPLICATION TO LOW OBSERVABLE TARGETS

    SBC: Ophir Corporation            Topic: N/A

    WE PROPOSE A UNIQUE METHOD TO DETECT BOTH CONVENTIONAL AND LOW-OBSERVABLE AIRCRAFT AND MISSILES. THE METHOD RELIES ON NONE OF THE TYPICALLY USED SIGNATURES (I.E., THERMAL, RADAR, ELECTRONIC, VISUAL, AUDIO, OR CONTRAIL) AND THUS WOULD BE IMMUNE TO ALL THE PRESENTLY EXISTING DECOYS AND COUNTERMEASURES. THE SENSOR SPECIFICALLY DETECTS AND MEASURES THE RELATIVE CONCENTRATION AND CHEMICAL SIGNATURE OF ...

    SBIR Phase I 1990 Department of DefenseDefense Advanced Research Projects Agency
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