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THE ABILITY TO FABRICATE CERAMIC ARMOR ECONOMICALLY IS DEPENDENT UPON SEVERAL FACTORS INCLUDING POWDER COST, FABRICATION TECHNIQUE, AND FINAL MACHINE COST. CANDIDATE CERAMIC SUCH AS TIB (2), AND B (4)C DO NOT SINTER TO FULL DENSITY. THEREFORE, NEAR-NET SHAPE FORMATION IS DIFFICULT AND EXPENSIVE, ESPECIALLY WHERE COMPLEX GEOMETRIES ARE INVOLVED. ART PROPOSES TO UTILIZE NEW POWDER SYNTHESIS TECHNOLO ...

Advanced Acoustic Concepts, Inc. (AAC) proposes to extend its Phase I work in Auditory Cortex based sound classification. During Phase I AAC demonstrated the feasibility and accuracy of a computational model of human auditory processing based upon this cortical theory. AAC also demonstrated the concept by collecting a large number speech sounds and bird calls of various species and appling the cor ...

In order to win the war for recruitment and retention, the CNO has stated that sailors of today and tomorrow must be well trained and equipped. Given the diverse needs of training communities, acquisition managers, and curriculum developers it is ultimately important to provide accountability and ownership in any mechanism or process that intends to enhance performance. This SBIR project will de ...

Monitors that are currently used to periodically record bottom water temperatures cannot be read by the lobstermen who use them. In addition, current monitors make no provision for recording changes in depth if they are redeployed in a different location. The specific aim of this proposal is to develop a sensor that will measure water temperature and pressure hourly and will be readable by a rad ...

In the Phase I SBIR effort, AMBP Tech developed a new film deposition technology, Pulsed Arc Molecular Beam Deposition (PAMBD). This new approach to depositing films offers substantial advantages over many existing deposition technologies. We propose to optimize and perfect this technology in a Phase II effort. We will use strategic Collaborations (some providing in-kind services and some provi ...

Maskless technology capable of sub-100 nm patterning is attractive for manufacturing of many microelectronic and biomolecular devices. In numerous military applications, the number of different types of electronic modules required is large, whereas the quantities needed of each type of module are small, making the mask costs prohibitive. Previous maskless lithography approaches of imaging a spat ...

THIS PROPOSAL ADDRESSES A FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR A FLEXIBLE SET OF TOOLS FOR CONSTRUCTING INTERFACES BETWEEN EXPERT SYSTEMS AND COMMERCIAL DATABASE MANAGMENT SYSTEMS (DBMSS) ON PCS. A GREAT NUMBER OF MILITARY PROBLEMS SUITABLE FOR EXPERT SYSTEMS SUPPORT INVOLVE DATA WHICH IS ALREADY MAINTAINED ON PC'S USING COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE DMSS. TO BUILD THESE EXPERT SYSTEMS, INTERFACES MUST BE CONSTRUCTED B ...

Applied Visions, Inc. (AVI) is pleased to present this proposal for a Phase II follow-on effort to our Phase I work on Topic N04-231 “Display and Visualization of Movement Predictions for Ground Vehicles”. The core of the problem to be solved is that of minimizing the area of uncertainty (AOU) for a mobile target that may have moved from its last known location. The methods of attacking the p ...

THE PURPOSE OF THIS DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL IS TO DEMONSTRATE HIGH SPEED RANGING AND CLASSIFICATION OF OBJECTS WITH A VERSION OF A&F'S PROPRIETARY 3D VISION SYSTEM. THIS SYSTEM HAS ALREADY DEMONSTRATED TARGET CLASSIFICATION AND RANGING IN REALISTIC ENVIRONMENTS IN WORK SUPPORTED BY NSWC. THE EMPHASIS OF THIS PROJECT IS TO INCREASE THE SPEED OF THE SYSTEM FROM IT'S PRESENT LEVEL.

The objective of this project is to commercialize the Dual Band Extended Depth of Field Telescope System that is an innovative optical detection and imaging system that allows battlefield imaging through smoke, dust and fog obscurants in the 10 micron wavelength range. The system employs a dual band, multi-mode, diffraction-limited, infrared and visible telescope that can operate either in a passi ...