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The gas turbine engine in the Army Abrams tank, the Honeywell AGT-1500, is currently experiencing stall and surge related failures of the fourth stage Low Pressure Compressor (LPC). These failures require the removal and overhaul of the tank’s powerpack costing the Army up to $200,000 per event. While all gas turbine compressors run the risk of stalling under non-ideal inlet or operational condi ...

SCOPE PROPOSES TO DEVELOP A DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING CONCEPT FOR THE REALTIME DETECTION AND IDENTIFICATION OF HF EMITTERS AND THEIR PLATFORMS. THIS INVESTIGATION WILL SPECIFICALLY EVALUATE HF EMITTER CHARACTERISTICS AND PHENOMENA OF POTENTIAL INTEREST FOR IDENTIFICATION. SIGNAL PROCESSING TECHNIQUES AND ALGORITHMS WILL BE DEFINED TO EXPLOIT EMITTER AND PLATFORM IDENTIFIABLE SIGNAL CHARACTERISTICS ...

Ryzing Technologies produced two 100 square-foot prototypes of an Adjustable Reusable Platform System (ARPS) for expeditionary military shelters in a phase I contract.The proposed Phase II effort will advance the design to a production ready state and demonstrate the systems ability to perform in a military environment.Ryzing Technologies will utilize data from potential customers and end users to ...

AURA Technologies proposes to continue the development of key components of the next generation tactical power grid. Our innovations allow for the grid to provide far more than reliable, stable power.

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 ...

To ensure a safe blood supply, donors are deferred for donating if they meet certain criteria, such as symptoms of illness, recent travel to areas endemic to infectious diseases, etc. Understanding ongoing deferrals within the DoD donor pool can help the program better leverage its small donor base and respond to emerging health issues. Blood collected by the program is tested for infectious dis ...

Objective. TCI seeks to develop and produce an innovative and unique communications Digital Chaos solution platform (brand-named NvisiLink) providing superlative resilience to interference and electronic attack . The NvisiLink platform is a low-power, featureless communication waveform that affords low probability of detection and intercept, in an expeditionary, lightweight and ruggedized form fac ...

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 ...

The skin is the first line of defense against chemical warfare agents including nerve agents and toxic industrial chemicals, providing a possible barrier or delay to systemic distribution. Some chemicals also can act directly on the skin including the vesicants sulfur mustard and lewisite. Early and rapid skin decontamination is extremely important following exposure to CWAs and TICs because it de ...

Low cost polyurethane laminate tent materials are designed to solve the cold crack issue with PVC tent fabrics. The use of novel construction of urethane/textile laminates offers a breakthrough in environmental durability over current offerings. This new high durability laminate configuration provides for a new class of economical lightweight shelters with extended operating capability. Using a co ...