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Probe and drogue air-to-air refueling (AAR) involves extending 70 to 80 feet of hose to allow for receiver engagement. If the receiver engages too fast and/or the hose reel fails to keep tension on the hose, a sine wave will develop. This sine wave can produce overloads on the receiver aircraft probe with catastrophic consequences. AR hoses today are designed to meet the strength and construction ...

The GAO estimates that corrosion costs the military services over $21B per year. Corrosion of magnesium housings and between metal surfaces have both been identified as significant concerns. Joints are susceptible because they can trap moisture and contaminants and joint interior spaces cannot be accessed for inspection without disassembly. Magnesium housings are susceptible where they come into c ...

The proliferation of threat lasers from multiple wavelengths present a significant danger to ground vehicle crew members looking through direct view optics (vision blocks/unity periscopes). Current technologies utilize narrow band filters to block threats at specific wavelengths of common lasers. What is needed is a single frequency-agile laser eye protection system that is effective throughout th ...

This project aims at developing a non focal plane laser protection system consisted of single crystal plates with hidden phase gratings, which can be revealed with exposure to strong laser pulse, and a novel optical shutter based device that follows. The protection system is large in aperture, broad in transparent window (400 nm to 2000 nm) and in field of view, and wavelength-insensitive. The pro ...

This MEMS device will permit for resonator structures to be isolated from vibrations present in avionics. The device can be fabricated as a drop-in replacement for existing oscillators or as a new component for next-generation systems.

Thermal batteries are used to provide primary power for a range of devices and military systems, and are characterized by a very long shelf life, ability to operate from -65 degrees F to 200 degrees F, and a rapid rise time. Drawbacks of thermal batteries, however, include occasional unreliability, have high cost, low energy density, and associated environmental hazards over their entire life cycl ...

Agiltron proposes an OTDR module possesses the advantages of regular OTDR of low cost, compact and long working range and optical frequency domain reflectometry (OFDR) of no dead zone, high resolution and high dynamic range. The proposed OTDR module is based on OFDR with frequency scanning technology and Agiltron"s innovative approach to break the working range limitation of coherence length of th ...

In a variety of domains, ranging from military planning and intelligence to public health, analysts wish to draw inferences from spatio-temporal data. These data are often inconsistent and incomplete, suffering from both missing values and measurement error. While statistical methods are available to address these problems, existing software to implement the techniques are not easily integrated wi ...

Scientific Systems proposes to develop a spatio-temporal data analysis toolbox to seamlessly integrate into GIS software so that users can invoke the toolbox for advanced statistical analyses without explicitly leaving their GIS software. The toolbox will have the capabilities for users to interpolate, infer, predict and interpret spatio-temporal data. The toolbox will be capable of handling issue ...

Recently, there have been significant theoretical advances in the fields of geo-statistics and spatio-temporal statistics. Unfortunately, the rapidly evolving technology has not yet resulted in off-the-shelf commercial toolkits, so the vast majority of the tools exist only as standalone, file based tools in Java, MATLAB, R, or python. Hence, the analysts that are using these technologies are force ...