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The US Navy is undertaking a Total Force Transformation to develop a more agile, deployable, and capable force to meet the challenges of 21st century conflicts. The adaptive expertise required by the Total Force demands innovative and evidence-based approaches to instruction, training, and assessment that enable the development of both routine and adaptive skills. Given the costs of developing tra ...

Appliqué coating, as paint replacement on aircraft surfaces, offers significant environmental benefits as well as performance and cost advantages. Pressure sensitive adhesives (PSAs) are critical components of appliqué coatings; improvements in the thermal stability, chemical resistance and removability of PSAs are needed before appliqué films can realize their full potential as aircraft paint- ...

In today’s anti submarine warfare (ASW), sonobuoy emplacement is necessary for target detection and tracking as improperly placed sonobuoys can create poor localization regions. The need for placement accuracy from higher altitudes will be required as the P-8A Poseidon comes on line. Sonobuoy emplacement within historical required accuracies becomes nearly impossible when deployment occurs from ...

The overall objective of this STTR project is to develop a comprehensive CAD environment for design and optimization of antennas and arrays on complex platforms such as topsides of naval surface combatants. EMAG Technologies Inc. has teamed up with the University of Michigan to develop a novel solution for placement of antennas on such platforms using a number of new physics-based genetic algorith ...

Thermal energy storage systems balance out the discrepancies caused by the mismatch in the timing of energy supply and demand in alternative energy systems. In the case of solar space heating, for example, the intermittent supply of solar radiation requires storage of the excess daytime supply to meet the nighttime demand. Thermal energy storage benefits the energy-efficiency of buildings by contr ...

Producing renewable fuels from algae does not use agricultural lands and could make the US energy-independent while drastically reducing greenhouse gas emissions. However, biomass processing steps are currently too energy-intensive and cost-prohibitive.We are exploring new chemistry to obtain an energy- and cost-efficient way to dry algae biomass and extract energetic substrates for conversion int ...

The accelerating structures in the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) ring are normal

Dimension control is very important in manufacturing. Poor dimension control leads to surface defects, incorrect cross-section weight distribution and final product straightness. The existing practices in the hot manufacturing processes are prone to inaccuracy and potentially compromising worker safety. The synergistic interactions of technologies and innovations in imaging, sophisticated software ...

The current practice in the continuous casters, the primary steel making process in the US, has room to improve for better efficiency and energy savings. Each year, millions of tons of metal are scrapped and energy in multiple trillion BTUs is wasted, due to process limits. New sensors and advanced process control are identified needs by the steel industry to further promote process and energy eff ...

Company Commanders looking to effectively employ renewable energy systems need a planning tool to ensure that the impact of renewable energies is positive on company operations. With the development of a suitable software application and standard operating procedures renewable energy technologies can offer Commanders significant battlefield advantages. Adaptive Materials developed a software appli ...