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The overall goal of this Phase II SBIR project is to develop a platform biosensor technology for rapid, multianalyte detection of biological and chemical analytes such as proteins, peptides, nucleic acids, toxins, bacteria, viruses, drugs, narcotics, explosive materials, and other molecules of interest in the biodefense and biomedical areas. We propose to build a hand-held, robust device similar t ...

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 ...

By continuing teaming up with one of the most reputable university teams in THz science and technology, ArkLight proposes to carry out the tasks set for a Phase-II program following our success in Phase I. We are aimed at the further development of novel spectrometers to analyze chemicals in the vapor phase based on accurate measurements of the emission and absorption spectra due to the molecular ...

LIQUIDS RELEASED INTO SPACE OFFER HIGH POTENTIAL AS COUNTERMEASURE AGAINST SDI DEFENSIVE SYSTEMS DESIGNED TO ENGAGE BALLISTIC MISSILES DURING THEIR EXOATMOSPHERIC FLIGHT PHASES. THE COUNTERMEASURE POTENTIAL INCLUDES THE ABILITY TO THWART DETECTION AND DISCRIMINATION SYSTEMS, REDUCE DEW EFFECTIVENESS, AND DEFEAT KEW ATTACK. STREAMS AND SPRAYS OF SELECT LIQUIDS WOULD BE USED TO MASK THE DEPLOYMENT O ...

The specific technical objectives of this Phase 2 activity are to: 1) finalize the design, analysis, and generate drawings for an ultra lightweight primary mirror designed to meet the requirements currently specified on ABL, and 2) design, develop andgenerate a subscale, aggressively light-weighted, ULETM primary mirror capable of demonstrating scalability and establishing a foundation for extrude ...

The technical objectives of this Phase 2 activity are to: 1) finalize the design, analysis, and generate drawings for an ultra lightweight primary mirror designed to meet the requirements currently specified on ABL, and 2) design, develop and generate asubscale, aggressively light-weighted primary mirror capable of demonstrating scalability and establishing a foundation for extruded core technolog ...

This effort will investigate jitter reduction mechanisms for primary mirror of airborne directed energy weapons. The investigation will cover detailed modelling, implementation for active control and a subscale experiment.

Ceramic materials with the general formula (1-x)Bi(Me)O3-xPbTiO3 (Me = Sc, In, Yb, or Fe) have been shown to have Curie temperatures ranging from 450 to >600¿C, 100 to > 250¿C higher than the highest temperature PZT compositions. Furthermore, theBi(Me)-PT materials have room temperature piezoelectric properties equivalent to those of Type I and II PZT's, the materials of choice for temperature ...

The objective of the proposed Phase II SBIR program is to develop high Q, tunable microwave filters by using a cryogenic piezoelectric actuator to mechanically tune a high temperature superconducting resonator. This device will enable a broad range ofcivilian and military applications that require precise band selectivity over a broad frequency range. In Phase I of this project, a 25% tuning ran ...

Massively parallel clusters of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) computers provide the best opportunity for cost-effective missile flowfield solutions, but extensions to CFD and hardware are needed before their routine application to real problems can beeffective. This joint CRAFT Tech/COLSA effort, with cooperative support from Apple, entails such improvements to both software and hardware for the ...