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Computer Optics Inc.(COI) proposes to examine infra red spectral waveband separation, a key technological issue identified during the Phase I program. At the completion of Phase II, this work will result in significant enabling technology available to be deployed as part of the AIRSS SBIR program.

THE NEED FOR INCREASING THE SENSITIVITY OF SPACE-BORNE SENSORS WILL REQUIRE DEVELOPMENT OF LONG-LIFE, HIGHLY EFFICIENT HELIUM LIQUIFIERS. CONVENTIONAL HELIUM LIQUIFIERS EMPLOY A JOULE-THOMSON EXPANSION VALVE TO EXPAND THE HELIUM AT TEMPERATURES BELOW ABOUT 10 DEG K. IT HAS BEEN SHOWN THAT GAINS OF UP TO 30% IN OVERALL CYCLE EFFICIENCY CAN BE OBTAINED IF THE JOULE-THOMSON VALVE IS REPLACED BY AN EX ...

Development of accurate and effective new diagnostic and prognostic capabilities for JSF PHM will require extensive data on both health and faulted systems states. While healthy signatures can be collected quickly and easily, faulted systems are only observed rarely, and duplicating faulted conditions with seeded fault tests is time-consuming and expensive. Simulation models for faulted conditions ...

ZAPATAENGINEERING will determine the sources and approximate percentage of contribution to the co-mingled TCE plume located at the government-designated site. This Phase II process specifically will allow our project team to refine and complete development of the Comparative Isotope Fractionation Methodology (CIFM), a process by which stable isotopic signatures are combined with traditional hydro ...

This program will produce a prototype wireless head-mounted night vision goggle simulator assembly which provides a full 1024x1280 pixel resolution at a 60 Hz frame rate. The assembly will have the outward appearance and functional interface similar to the current aviator’s night vision goggles, but will benefit from a battery operable, wireless data link which will not restrict the operator’ ...

Corvid Technologies is pleased to offer this Phase II proposal for Tailorable Weapon Effects for Minimizing Collateral Damage. Corvid Technologies proposes to optimize its Phase I design of the dial-a-yield general purpose bomb using high fidelity computational analysis to identify materials and geometries that meets the Phase II Objectives. Corvid and its partners, MILTEC Corporation and Ensign ...

Bearing failure in satellite applications is related to lubricant starvation rather than fatigue, and health monitoring systems for these applications must be able to observe subtle changes related to lubrication state. Phase I included an experimental study to identify candidate monitoring approaches, and the data collected confirmed that cage motion characteristics and instability are highly sen ...

Solid State Scientific Corporation (SSSC) is pleased to propose this Phase II program to develop a unique Polarimetric Spectral Imager (PSI) that will be capable of simultaneously imaging multiple polarimetric components in the scene in multiple spectral bands. The approach will capitalize on the design concepts developed during the successful Phase I effort to create a 9-channel imager based on ...

Insuring the safety and control of littoral waters is problematic because of the difficulties of surveillance. The preferred methods of surveillance in the ocean are acoustic. In littoral waters, acoustic methods fail because noise from the surf and reflections from the shallow bottom convolute acoustic signatures beyond our capacity to discern them. Water absorbs light, reducing the effectiven ...

Identification and Significance of the Problem In the last 20 years, the use of personal, wireless communications devices by society has exploded. Nearly every adult (and many children) in developed and developing countries carries at least one communications device usually in the form of a mobile phone. In addition to mobile phones, a host of other wireless technologies such as Bluetooth, FRS/GM ...