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The objective of the research effort will be to apply optimization technology to developing a coordinated collection plan for a set of airborne platforms. This problem is important because of the imminent addition of the Tier2+ (Global Hawk) and Tier3- (Dark Star) Unmanned Air Vehicles (UAVs) to current intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance assets. It is difficult because of the large n ...

CoreTek proposes to develop a novel micromachined GaA1As dielectric mirror technology with 750 nm bandwidth and apply it to fabricate novel tunable Fabry-Perot filters and Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Lasers (VCSELs). Relying on the precision of epitaxial growth of III-V materials and selective etching processes, our simple but powerful approach will allow realization of novel tunable filter ...

A microsphere containing flame retardant coating for textiles is proposed. All components in the coating system play a role in the overall protection of potentially combustible fabrics. Organic and inorganic flame retardants, a smoke suppressor and a charring agent suitably encapsulated in microspheres form our flame retardant system. These microspheres are then dispersed into an acrylic flame ...

Direct methanol fuel cells (DMFC) are foreseen as the choice power source for electric vehicles; more immediate battery replacement applications exist in both civilian and military markets. Low cost of methanol and its high energy density as well as inherent safety are the reasons why there is such a great interest in this power source. One of the major technical challenges in the development o ...

The objective of this SBIR program is to develp all-solid-state pulsed modulators to drive the high power excimer (XeCl or XeF) lasers required to commercialize the Projcetion Gas Immersion Laser Doping (P-GILD) process. P-GILD uses a pulsed, 200-watt-class excimer laser as an illumination source to produce ultra-shallow, low-sheet resistance, box-like and retrograde impurity profiles in silicon ...

US military weapons and C4I systems are heavily dependent on digital computer technology. Operational success demands very high performance and reliability. Mission failures, aborts and delays are extremely expensive and can result in casualties. Inevitably, technology faults are caused by bad quality, design flaws and/or a hostile environment created due to an act of war or nature. As a resul ...

A systematic approach to achieving an order of magnitude increase in HF data communications rate is proposed. The object of the proposed effort is to demonstrate that standard DS-0 (64 kb/s) level service can be transmitted successfully over the HF channel and that, by doing so, HF can be effectively integrated into an ATM backbone. The proposed effort will investigate several innovative modulatio ...

This Phase I proposal, submitted under the SBIR component of the ARPA TRP proposes the development of a family of affordable, high precision, self-calibrating, environmentally robust, Fiber Optic Position Transducers. Visidyne's ultra high resolution optical radar technology provides the basis for a transducer that can operate in harsh environments, including temperatures greater than 400 degrees ...

This project develops a small mobile personal cooling system that can be worn conveniently by individuals with heat-related disabilities. The successful development of this mobile technology: (1) supports access, promotes integration, and facilitates the independence of individuals with disabilities in the workplace and educational settings, and during recreational activities; (2) provides increas ...

Next generation EO/IR sensors are needed for a variety of Military Systems Applications. These include UV, Visible, NIR, SWIR, MWIR and LWIR bands. Magnolia as part of the proposed Phase II STTR Program plans to design, model and develop Strained Layer Superlattice (SLS) based detector array for next generation multicolor IR imaging applications. The key components of the Program will include eva ...