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The evolution of Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) technologies and their integration into network-centric operations has provided significant advances in providing critical information to C2ISR operators and the Commanders that they support. However, these sensors gather so much data that the C2ISR operators are becoming overwhelmed and actionable intelligence is being lost in t ...

The primary technical objective will be to develop both moderate and high fidelity transducer computer programs. The moderate fidelity program would allow sonar system designers to evaluate transducers for a given system requirement. Transducer designers would, with more details, design the transducer with the higher fidelity FEA model. During the Phase I program we used the Tonpilz transducer as ...

We propose to develop a revolutionary technological innovation that will significantly increase the efficiency, lifetime and reliability of gas-turbine engines. Despite the tremendous improvements in coating technologies to enable huge increases in operational temperatures, continued advances using conventional, purely materials-science approaches have resulted in diminishing marginal returns in t ...

This proposed Phase II SBIR will raise the Quadri-Directional Magnetic Stress (QD-MSG) noncontact torque sensor technology to a level suitable for flight testing. In Phase I, a series of static and dynamic tests were carried out that demonstrated the QD-MSG’s capability to (1) provide torque measurement in a dynamic test environment representative of an Army rotorcraft; (2) independently measur ...

Currently the Navy has access to a significant amount of meteorological, buoy, and predictive data about sea-state conditions across the world. However, this data is often processed and visualized as the output of SWAN and other modeling tools, usually in the form of numeric summaries and static charts. What is missing is a tool that provides mission planners a way to visualize the near shore envi ...

The proposed Phase II GhostSwimmer program is intended to not only create an advanced and improved vehicle, but to prove that biomimetic technology, specifically GhostSwimmer, is a viable and often optimal option for Navy missions. The major goals of Phase II are: prove and characterize platform maneuverability, efficiency, and stealth; develop manufacturability and affordability; define the role ...

Physical Sciences Inc. proposes to develop a multi-functional IM compliant composite case for solid rocket motors that will mitigate slow cook-off and bullet impact stimuli. During phase II, we have proposed to refine our composite case solution with demonstration in an analog motor specific to MDA in a slow cook-off and bullet-impact test environment. Phase II development also encompasses hazard ...

The proposed Phase II effort includes tasks designed to both promote the development of an effective multi-application Hand-held device and to provide a fieldable solution for a relevant corrosion application such as the in-situ monitoring of corrosion on rotorcraft-gearbox-mounting pads using embedded MWM-Arrays. In order to expand on the multi-use aspect of the Hand-held device beyond MWM sensor ...

Nuclear reactors to support future robotic and manned missions impose new and innovative technological requirements for their control and protection instrumentation. Long duration surface missions necessitate reliable autonomous operation, and manned missions impose added requirements for fail-safe reactor protection. There is a need for an advanced instrumentation and control system for space-nu ...

Although aerosol particles have important impacts on visibility, acid deposition, climate, and human health, large uncertainties remain in quantifying their chemical composition and atmospheric transformations. Particularly lacking are real-time, quantitative instruments for the identification, speciation, and source apportionment of organic-containing aerosols. An innovative thermal desorption, ...