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TAC PROPOSES TO CONDUCT A STUDY TO EVALUATE THE COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS OF VARIOUS FORWARD-LOOKING AUTONOMOUS SENSORS AND ALGORITHMS FOR TLAM-C. THE CURRENT TLAM-C USES A TERRAIN MAPPING RADAR ALTIMETER AND CORRELATES THE SENSED AREA AT KEY WAYPOINTS WITH A STORED DIGITAL REPRESENTATION OF THE TERRAIN AREA AT THE WAYPOINTS TO PROVIDE MID-COURSE AND TERMINAL GUIDANCE CORRECTION TO THE INERTIAL NA ...

The overarching objective of Phase II is to develop and test aprototype miniature jam head (MJH) for a directed infraredcountermeasure (DIRCM) system. The product of the project will bea specification, design, and test documentation set and aprototype MJH that can be used in follow on efforts to integratethe jam head with new laser and tracking technologies as theybecome available. In addition, ...

Proposed for development is an escape trunk cofferdam that is made of a set of rigid (composite sandwich) cylindrical sectors joined by longitudinal sealing joints. The cofferdam is attached to the escape trunk's bubble skirt by an attachment ring whichallows the sections of the cofferdam to be staged below the hatch before it is opened. When the hatch is opened, the sectors are raised through t ...

INVESTIGATE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SEMICONDUCTOR BASED TIMED FAULT MODULE: PHYSICAL DIMENSIONS, ELECTRICAL SPECIFICATIONS, ERGONOMIC REQUIREMENTS, POSSIBLE CONFIGURATIONS, AND LEVEL OF USER EXPERTISE NECESSARY TO SUCCESSFULLY UTILIZE THE ADAPTER. DESIGN, PROTOTYPE, AND EVALUATE A DISCRETE COMPONENT VERSION WITH DATA TO DETERMINE CUSTOM LARGE SCALE INTEGRATION/PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC ARRAY MANUFACTURE P ...

THIS PROJECT AIMS AT DEVELOPING A HIGHLY ACCURATE AND ECONOMICAL AIRCRAFT ALTIMETER. THE MOTION OF AN EVACUATED BELLOWS WILL BE MONITORED BY AN OPTICAL POSITION SENSOR WHICH WILL GIVE AN ELECTRICAL ANALOG SIGNAL LINEARLY RELATED TO THE ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE. WHILE THE SENSOR IS VERY SMALL, RUGGED AND INEXPENSIVE, IT HAS A LARGE DYNAMIC RANGE (100,000), HIGH LINEARITY (0.01%) AND HIGH SENSITIVITY (M ...

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Proposed is a study of incorporation of aircraft incident recorders and Structural Data Recorder Systems (SDRS) into an open architecture wireless network. This Enhanced Crash Survivable Flight Incident Recorder (ECSFIR) will improve flight safety byproviding better information to accident investigators and reduce aircraft maintenance costs by improving diagnostics and automating maintenance sche ...

The ultimate goal of this Phase II SBIR project is to develop state-of-the-art software that performs Multi-Sensor Fusion on crevice corrosion detection sensors. These sensors are used on Navy ship seawater system to mitigate corrosion using ImpressedCurrent Cathodic Protection with advanced decision making capability (Smart ICCP). Key project innovations include: (1) development of Multi-Senso ...

The ultimate goal of this effort is to develop state-of-the-art software that performs data fusion on ship hull sensors including reference cell voltage, hull polarization voltage, hull current, salinity, temperature, etc. This research will lead to theoptimal control of the Impressed Current Cathodic Protection (ICCP), the prediction of failures like paint removal, remaining anode life, and brid ...

We propose to design, build, and deploy a Material Identification and Procurement System (MIDAPS). MIDAPS facilitates information-integrated synchronization of construction activities with materials management functions through a rapidly reconfigurable,centralized relational database management system. MIDAPS facilitates both new construction and ship repair jobs. The Phase I effort will define ...