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The performance of the JSF can be improved by reducing the weight of the propulsion system. The JSF is powered by either Pratt & Whitney’s (P&W) F135 engine or General Electric’s F136 engine. Both engines use a common exhaust system produced by P&W. One attractive approach to reducing the weight of the JSF propulsion system is to replace high density metal nozzle compo-nents with CMCs. In f ...

The goal of this SBIR project is to develop and demonstrate lightweight, low cost, drive shaft concepts for use in high performance rotating engine drive systems, with specific focus on the STOVL life fan system. During the Phase I program, a proof-of-concept prototype tube was fabricated to establish manufacturing feasibility, verify weight estimates and support cost studies. The design concept ...

Advanced Materials Corporation proposes to optimize the process to manufacture soft magnetic materials that are anticipated to be superior to M19 steels both in magnetic induction and in electrical resistivity. Proof-of-concept studies conducted during Phase I have demonstrated the superior magnetic properties of the new material in comparison to M19 steel. Further optimization studies are propose ...

Active multistatic sonar systems have become the preferred solution for shallow water undersea warfare missions. Most airborne active multistatic systems operate in the low frequency range to provide increased range and reverberation resistance. Tactical follow up to large area search and target tracking are better accomplished by using higher frequencies, which provide high range resolution and s ...

The overall goal of this Phase II SBIR project is to develop a platform biosensor technology for rapid, multianalyte detection of biological and chemical analytes such as proteins, peptides, nucleic acids, toxins, bacteria, viruses, drugs, narcotics, explosive materials, and other molecules of interest in the biodefense and biomedical areas. We propose to build a hand-held, robust device similar t ...

Production of low cost, large format HgCdTe LWIR focal plane arrays (FPAs) requires delivery of low defect density HgCdTe epilayers on Si. Despite the significant lattice mismatch between Si and HgCdTe several companies have demonstrated high performance MBE grown MWIR (3-5 microns)-HgCdTe devices on large-area Si substrates. This success has not translated directly to LWIR (8-12 microns)-HgCdTe d ...

The US Navy is seeking improved capabilities to quickly and efficiently generate 3-D target templates (or “site models”) to support such operational systems as the Tomahawk Command and Control Systems (TC2S), Distributed Common Ground Station-Navy (DCGS-N), and collateral damage assessment (e.g., CDET and FastCD). There are two parts of interest. The first is to extract valid and reliable 2-D ...

In Phase II Daniel H. Wagner Associates, Inc. will develop a full-scale prototype Object Avoidance Tactical Decision Aid (OATDA) that processes all available DD(X) mine avoidance data, dynamically generates a Fused Mine Tactical Picture (FMTP) for the DD(X) Combat System, generates optimal rates to minimize ship vulnerability, and fuses on-board and off-board environmental data. A key capability ...

U.S. Navy warships of the 21st century will likely use fiber-reinforced composites in the topside structure. As a result, enhancing resistance to high-energy blast/ballistic loading has become a priority to ensure the survivability of the composite structures. Because of the wide range of design options available with composites, analytic tools are more cost effective than a purely empirical appr ...

The primary technical objective is the development of an optimized smart valve-based damage detection system design for shipboard automated fire suppresion systems. This optimized design will be realized through research and development efforts in two areas. First is the continued development of non-deterministic smart valve sensor models, and second is the development of enhanced damage detecti ...