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Aspen Systems proposes to develop a novel process to increase the strength of sapphire at elevated temperatures. The resulting strength increase will alleviate the adverse effects of frictional heating of sapphire windows. Frictional heating can initiate a c-axis strength loss, leading to premature failure. The Aspen process will uniformly implant silicon atoms through the entire window, as ...

This Phase I SBIR proposal is aimed at developing and assessing the feasibility of Image Processing Techniques to distinguish between submarine and non-submarine in Active Sonar Echoes. Image Processing Techniques have proven to be highly effective in detecting objects in cluttered backgrounds using other sensors such as Synthetic Aperture Radar, Infrared Sensors, and Lasers. The highly reverberan ...

This Phase I SBIR proposal is aimed at developing and assessing the feasibility P of a new approach to track discrimination for shipboard IRST sensors. The proposed approach combines two complementary signal processing technologies; single scan discrimination and an innovative geometry-based technique that accomplishes the equivalent of track-before-detect (TBD) processing using significantly le ...

Statistical Energy Analysis (SEA)is currently used to predict high-frequency airborne and structureborne noise and vibration for ships, aircraft, aerospace systems, and automobiles, while finite element analysis (FEA) is used for low-frequencies. A mid-frequency region exists where neither technique gives accurate predictions. The study being proposed will develop modeling procedures that a ...

Etalon has recently demonstrated a fundamentally new display technology based on Microelectromechanical (MEM) Structures which affords high performance in harsh environments utilizing low cost, mature process technology. Relying on interference, these interferometric modulators (IMods) are simple membrane structures whose colors change when deformed electrostatically. IMods have already d ...

1In submarine electronics modules, heat dissipated by electronic devices is typically transported along the length of the heat sink (upon which ICs are mounted) to the water cooled side walls. The current pure copper SEM-D heat sink limits the power dissipation per card to 26W in order to maintain acceptable device junction temperatures. Foster-Miller will demonstrate an innovative Gr/Cu metal mat ...

The U.S. Navy has identified the need for batteries that contain less hazardous chemicals within the electrochemical cell. Ideally, the battery should meet or exceed current voltage, ampere-hour and discharge ratings and should be benign if disposed of in a marine environment. Foster-Miller proposes to develop polymeric environmentally degradable batteries using one of three strategies to combin ...

Foster-Miller will show that a unique hollow core carbon/carbon ((c/c) composite construction can be successfully employed to fabricate a low cost, lightweight recuperator for gas turbine engines associated with future UAV engines. In conjunction with our commercialization partner, Williams International, both current recuperator and future engine requirements (i.e., IHPTET Phase III JETEC engin ...

The anticipated growth in aircraft weight and landing speed exceeds the capability of existing arresting systems. The proposed program can design an Electric Aircraft Recovery System (EARS) operating under closed loop control for an aircraft of up to 80,000 lbs. landing at 160 knots. In addition the safety and reliability of the system can be improved at reduced maintenance requirements and ...

Development and simulation is proposed of a control system for multi-input, multi-output nonlinear dynamic power systems. The overall goal will be development of a reliable and survivable power system with optimized steady-state operation, stable and controlled transition between states as a result of a deliberate perturbation, and rapid restoration of electric power after a precipitate pertu ...