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The goal of this program is to develop a low cost, flexible manufacturing method for the production of Cf reinforced composites for ablation-resistant propulsion components for Theater Missile Defense (TMD) concepts. The matrix material selected for demonstration of the technology will be HfC, a material which has demonstrated good oxidation and ablation resistance at elevated temperatures.

Special Operations Forces (SOF) require a real time display of appr opriate data to allow the helmsman to access the damage potential to his cargo (equipment/personnel) and support his decision relative to speed and course selection when operating in rough water. Furthermore, maintenance support personnel need quantitative data to support design decisions and maintenance activities. This proposa ...

Radar-guided weapons can be confounded by a number of factors, including clutter, jamming, target glint, and engine modulation. Missile/target encounter simulations, if they are to test a homing systems weak points, must incorporate these effects. We propose to investigate the electromagnetic (EM) modeling requirements for a complete radar-guided weapon system simulator. Specifically, in the Pha ...

The development of new innovative multi-spectral target and clutter modeling techniques has a wide range of commercial and military surveillance and intelligence, electronic warfare, and mission planning applications. High fidelity multi-spectral prediction codes such as Xpatch, Xpatch_ES, PRISM and SPIRITS provide significant fidelity improvements over existing modeling and simulation tools. ...

DoD's real-time mission planning, electronic warfare and other modeling and simulation systems generally utilize manual entry of RCS values for the generation for radar simulator displays and system performance analysis. Given the large amounts of measured data available at NAWC/WD,Pt. Mugu, as well as from other DoD and industry test facilties, it would be effective to automate the full utiliz ...

DT Optics proposes to develop and produce large three-dimensional photonic crystals for a new class of lasers. Lasers already have had extensive and important commercial and military applications. The key to produce more powerful and more efficient lasers lies in production of more efficient optical cavity with optical amplifying medium embedded. The hope is in photonic crystals. This proj ...

We propose to develop a family of star and tree coupler systems that are modular. Each coupler system will include three modules: a fiber/cable input module, a routing module and a fiber/cable output module. The input and output modules will secure the strength means in the input and output fiber ribbon cables and each will use an MFP to position and support the individual optical fibers. ...

The Low Cost Space Coupled Phased Array Radar is a high performance, low cost, compact, totally integrated radar system designed specifically for mobile and small ship platforms. Design and cost objectives are met by use of an innovative space coupled array architecture which cost effectively utilizes emerging monolithic microwave integrated circuits (MMICs) and a sophisticated, compact wavefo ...

Crucial to development of improved artillery capabilities is the fielding of tools to assist forward observers and spotter in target designation and fire direction. Notwithstanding its reliability, the conventional lensatic compass leaves much to be desired. The needle aligns itself with the local magnetic field, is attracted by nearby ferromagnetic masses, and can be tilted only a few degrees o ...

We propose an optical parametric oscillator based on silver gallium selenide and pumped by the output of a Raman laser for the generation of infrared radiation tunable between 7.5 and 9 microns at 10-kHz repetition rates. The recently developed Raman laser provides high-quality output beams with selectable pulse duration and is well-suited to OPO pumping. The OPO will be injection seeded to redu ...