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The purpose of the proposed project is to produce a commercial abrasive blasting nozzle which is more efficient and quieter than a typical commercially-available nozzle. The nozzle will decrease labor hours needed for blasting processes in shipbuilding, decrease workers compensation claims due to hearing loss, and relieve environmental noise restrictions on blasting at shipyards. All of this will ...

This is a proposal for logging and mathematically enhancing fight data, to be used in post-flight debrief of aerobatic flights. Raw data will be collected with an iOS device (iPhone or iPad) using its built-in sensors and external GPS device. This proposal addresses the challenges with currently available devices (“pucks�): (1) GPS signal loss when the aircraft is at unusual attitudes ...

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), taxiing under their own power on the flight deck of a ship, may not always move in the direction commanded. Deck conditions, such as fluid on the deck or the ship's rolling or pitching can cause aircraft skidding, sliding, or rearward movement. Such unwanted movement fails to register on aircraft pilot instruments. A remotely located UAV pilot needs the true direct ...

Today’s warfighter is often called upon to operate in extremely cold environments, both in operational and training settings. These environments can range from operating or training in geographical or seasonally cold areas to performing a high altitude, high opening (HAHO) or high altitude, low opening (HALO) parachute jump in extremely cold ambient temperatures. To operate in these environments ...

Emerging missile threats to Army assets often fly through and maneuver at higher altitudes. In addition, Army interceptors launch from the ground and will likewise need to fly through / maneuver at higher altitudes to engage such threats. The associated changes in flight conditions cause threat and interceptor signatures to change substantially from those usually observed by Army sensors and seeke ...

SUFACE PASSIVATION LAYERS SUCH AS DIAMOND-LIKE CARBON ARE OFTEN PRODUCED ON LASER WINDOWS, WIND SHIELDS OF HYPERSONIC AIRCRAFT, FIBER OPTICS AND MANY OTHER SURFACES. DESPITE ATTRACTIVE PROPERTIES OF THE COATING MATERIALS, LACKING OF PROPER ADHESION BETWEEN HOST AND COATING MATERIAL FREQUENTLY LIMITS THE USEFULNESS OF THE COATING TECHNIQUES. THE PROPOSED PROCESS IS A PRE-TREATMENT TECHNIQUE WHICH P ...

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Logistic operations for all branches of the military have historically been a guessing game relying on the intuition and past experience of the responsible officials. Unfortunately, this strategy often means that resources are deployed prematurely to areas that do not have an immediate need, thereby denying those assets to other areas that could have used them immediately. Worse, resources can als ...

Marine physical fitness is a core element of force readiness: “toward an end state of a healthy and fit force able to better answer the call in any clime and place” (ALMARS 022/116). Marine physical training programs must be tailored to individuals to maximize the physical potential of every Marine. To meet this need, Charles River Analytics proposes to develop and evaluate Adaptive Training P ...