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A hybrid power system for military vehicles, consisting of a battery status controlled generator for charging and a battery/capacitor hybrid is proposed. The components of the system are controlled by identical MEMS based integrated smart controllers which are integral parts of the battery/capacitor/generator system and communicate wireless with each other, with the dashboard and with maintenance ...

DNA microarray technology, in combination with statistical and predictive modeling tools, could be used to evaluate thousands of genes against distinct gene expression patterns induced by chemical/biological agents to provide early identification and speed therapeutic intervention. The overall objective of this Phase II effort is to leverage existing public domain resources and commercial tools t ...

Our overall objective is to develop (design, fabricate, demonstrate) a Bio-inspired Advanced Microfluidic Power System (BioAMPS) to extract energy from biofuels. We successfully met all Phase I goals and demonstrated a novel, proprietary enzymatic cathode and a microbial anode. We enhanced electron transfer efficiencies via specially engineered electrodes and achieved an order of magnitude increa ...

Provision of clean drinking water poses a significant challenge to Army units in the field. Due to the quantity of water required and its substantial weight, soldiers can only carry a limited supply, and sustainment of soldiers through centralized resupply poses major logistical hurdles in many situations. Existing portable water filters to not meet the need to treat locally available water supp ...

A TECHNIQUE IS PROPOSED WHEREBY THE BORESIGHT ALIGNMENT BETWEEN A HELICOPTER MISSILE OR ROCKET LAUNCH SUPPORT STRUCTURE AND THE REFERENCE SYSTEM CAN BED DETERMINED IN THREE AXES. THE TECHNIQUE EMPLOYS NEWLY-DEVELOPED FAST SCANNING ELECTRO-OPTICAL SENSORS AND FAST SPECIALMICROPROCESSOR SUBSYSTEMS. THE WORKPLAN INCLUDES DESIGN AND EVALUATION OF THE APPROPRIATE ALGORITHMS, SCALED EXPERIMENTS USING A ...

Effective collective protection fabrics must have a reliable closure system. During our Phase I Work Plan, Sigma-K began developing a Hermetic Textile Closure Hardware (HATCH) system. The HATCH combines both a magnetic and geometric self locking mechanism that will provide a hermetic seal when closed. Our current Phase I successes include developing self closing samples that can provide a hermetic ...

The current methodology for testing the penetration resistance of textile materials to various chemical agents has a number of drawbacks, including significant uncertainties in the resulting data, inefficiency and expense, risk to test personnel, and limited range of test conditions. The objective of the proposed work is to apply unique computer models for textiles with accompanying experimental ...

We propose to develop multiresolution representations and algorithms for synthetic terrain environments. They will be used for representing large terrain models as well dynamic and atmospheric simulations. Our ultimate goal is to increase the validity of the simulation by incorporating the multiple models at varying resolutions. We will use the OneSAF simulation Product Line Architecture Framework ...

Field tests in a variety of scenarios indicate significant advantages to using polarization for enhancing target detection in cluttered backgrounds or backgrounds with countermeasures. Polarization provides additional information in these difficult detection scenarios and has strong potential to address a variety of Army and MDA needs. For midcourse scenarios, debris and decoy clouds, low thermal ...

Polarization imaging holds promise for providing significant improvements in contrast in a number of target detection and discrimination applications. In several recent development efforts, it has been demonstrated that manmade objects have a significantly stronger polarization signal than natural backgrounds resulting in good contrast that complements the conventionally imaged infrared signature ...