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Emergency personnel deal with a range of acute problems resulting from battlefield gunshot and improvised explosive device trauma to accidents, terroristic acts, and a variety of other incidents. Front line medical personnel often encounter these problems away from communications and medical infrastructure and under situations where they must travel ‘light’ to get to casualties. MedNet exploi ...

Novel techniques for jet noise mitigation and plume IR attenuation techniques will be evaluated by CRAFT Tech and NCPA for application to the F/A-18 E/F and the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) aircrafts. Two concepts, featuring corrugated nozzle seals and lobed ejector seals, will be analyzed at 1/10th scale at NCPA, including characterization of jet noise and plume IR suppression. The experimental act ...

The raw detection data obtained by a radar typically consists of primitive measurements that correspond to discrete range-bearing cells, multiple of which can contain energy reflected from a single target. The radar system employs a centroid processing algorithm to combine the primitive measurements and form a single detection report. However, if multiple targets exist close to one another, this ...

Proposal to perform research and development effort to complete the engineering efforts for a High-Current Semiconductor Line Contactor for aircraft use. Under previous funding it was determined that it was feasible to construct a high-speed electronic switch for transfer between multiple 400 Hz power sources. Proposed is a step-by-step effort to complete the development of such a device. Each s ...

Legacy material systems that meet the insertion loss (IL) requirements of current acoustic windows have been shown to have difficulty meeting the structural and damage tolerance goals associated with U.S. Navy undersea operations. Newer tuned core sandwich concepts, while showing promise to improve overall reliability, are markedly more expensive than the simpler reinforced rubber domes. During ...

N06-030 Effect in Defects in Ceramic Matrix Composites (CMCs) The performance of the advanced strike fighters can be im-proved by reducing the weight of the propulsion system. The jet engines of interest are Pratt & Whitney’s F135 engine or General Electric’s F136 engine. Both engines use a common exhaust sys-tem produced by P&W. One attractive approach to reducing the weight of the jet pr ...

The Navy submarine force needs the ability stand and fight in the littorals against ASW helicopters. This can be accomplished by modifying VLS tubes to launch modified AAW weapons, UAVs, and surveillance systems from submerged submarines. A major cost driver associated with submerged encapsulated devices is the launch tubes. The tubes must meet submarine operating loads associated with gas generat ...

Advanced sonobuoy systems, targeted for the MMA platform, require to be dynamically programmed by flight line technicians and platform computer operators. Current Sonobuoy systems are programmed with mission parameter data (RF channel, depth, and life) via a mechanical push button switch panel and verified on a red two-digit LED display. Once installed into the launcher, buoy parameters can not be ...

Phase II effort will produce and evaluate the Ranger XN vehicle for mine neutralization in shallow and very shallow water. The vehicle is designed for optimized payload delivery, station keeping, and ease of use by NSCT1 operators. The modular design of the vehicle permits attachment of various payloads and sensor packages for efficient storage and for ease of field preparation. The vehicle pro ...

Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) are the most significant threat affecting our troops today. Efficient technologies that facilitate the detection of IEDs and associated subcomponents are critical. This work seeks to develop broadband conformal antenna technology for use on Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (SUAVs) for the detection, tracking and location of IED signatures.