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High pixel count display operation at high frame rates requires high frequency display circuits and a fast light modulation media. Kopin's AMLCD display technology utilizes fast CMOS circuits fabricated in single crystal silicon, which are superior to circuits fabricated in poly-crystaline silicon and amorphous silicon. Display circuits are fabricated on SOI wafers in conventional CMO ...

Existing materials used for marine cable connectors each have drawbacks in terms of cost or performance. Alden Products Company proposes a program to develop a family of cable connectors and adapters that lower the present cost/performance barrier in two ways; through the use of alternative materials and through new manufacturing methods using the existing materials. The main goals of P ...

Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI) and its subcontractor Pacific Advanced Technologies (PAT) propose to determine the feasibility of an advanced high quality imaging system for threat detection and identification in support of surface ship self protection. Low flying threats which pop-up over the horizon will be the scenario of principle focus. Two approaches will be evaluated: adaptive optics a ...

Atlantic Aerospace proposes to develop an Active Sonar Display Processor (ASDP) to distinguish between submarine and non-submarine contacts in airborne active sonar systems. Accurate active classification of anti-submarine warfare (ASW) sonar echoes is a long standing need for the Navy. Current system performance is based upon an operator viewing the sonar screen and making classifications based ...

We propose to create a technology to improve Naval acquisition planning in a partially known environment, thereby reducing the negative impact of uncertainty, while simultaneously incorporating affordability as a fundamental constraint. Our decision support system will be flexible in its assumptions to facilitate replanning in response to changes faced by planners and warfare systems architec ...

AN ACCURATE, HIGH SPEED, LOW COST, HELMET MOUNTED EYE POSITION MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENT IS REQUIRED. APPLIED SCIENCE LABORATORIES (ASL) PROPOSES TO DEMONSTRATE THE FEASIBILITY OF A DUAL PATH, SOLID STATE LIGHT POSITION DETECTOR SCHEME BY BUILDING A LABORATORY BENCH TOP MODEL. TWO COORDINATES ON THE EYE THAT MOVE DIFFERENTIALLY WITH ROTATION WILL BE MEASURED. THIS WILL COMPENSATE FOR RELATIVE MOTION ...

THE PROPOSED PROGRAM RELATES TO THE IDENTIFICATION OF A MIXED SOLVENT ELECTROLYTE CAPABLE OF EXTENDING THE POWER DENSITY, CYCLE LIFE AND USEFUL TEMPERATURE RANGE OF A LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY. CELLS WITH ELECTROLYTES CONTAINING A MIXTURE OF A CYCLIC ETHER AND AN ALKYL UREA WILL BE TESTED. THE MIXTURE HAS BEEN CHOSEN FOR EVALUATION BECAUSE INITIAL NMR DATA SHOWED THESE TWO SOLVENT TYPES TO HAVE CO ...

A NEW DEVICE FOR MEASURING EXTREMELY RAPID TEMPERATURE CHANGES IN HIGH TEMPERATURE COMBUSTION AND OTHER PROCESSES IS PROPOSED. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS RESEARCH IS TO EXAMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF DEVELOPING A THERMOMETER BASED ON THE WELL KNOWN PHENOMENA OF THERMIONIC EMISSION OF ELECTRONS FROM METALLIC SURFACES AT ELEVATED TEMPERATURES.TWO DIFFERENT DESIGNS FOR THERMIONIC THERMOMETERS WILL BE FABRICAT ...

SPIRE CORPORATION PROPOSES TO DEVELOP AN OPTICAL BAFFLE MATERIAL THAT IS METALLIC, LIGHT ABSORBING, RADIATION-HARDENED AND DURABLE. USING A SPIRE DEVELOPED PROCESS, INITIAL EXPERIMENTS HAVE DEMONSTRATED THAT A STRUCTURED BE SPUTTERED LAYER CAN BE DEPOSITED ON PROPERLY PREPARED BE SUBSTATES. THE STRUCTURE IS IN THE FORM OF LIGHT ABSORBING SPIRES WITH HIGH ASPECT RATIOS. OPTIMIZATION OF THE PROCESS ...

ACCURATE MEASUREMENTS OF TURBINE BLADE TEMPERATURES ARE IMPORTANT IN MONITORING TURBINE HEALTH AND PERFORMANCE AND IN DIAGNOSING PROBLEMS. CURRENT INTRUSIVE AND OPTICAL TECHNIQUES HAVE SHORTCOMINGS. THERMOCOUPLES HAVE PROBLEMS WITH DURABILITY AND ACCURACY. TWO COLOR PYROMETRY LSO ENCOUNTERS PROBLEMS WITH ACCURACY DUE TO INTERFERENCE BY REFLECTED RADIATION AND PARTICULARLY REFLECTED EMISSION FROM T ...