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To induce controlled defects in wire feed E-Beam additive manufacturing for making NDT standards, MER will work with Applied Optimization (AO) to develop a Physics based ICMSE based process model of defect formation which captures the influence of closed loop control parameters of power, build temperature, wire feed rate and deposition path. This model will be verified by experiment on a closed lo ...

The opportunity of interest is the introduction and application of a bistatic tool set for both surface and submarine Mid-Frequency (MF) active sonar systems to enhance anti-submarine warfare (ASW) capability in strike group or coordinated surface and submarine ASW operations. The ability to localize threat submarine forces in a battlefield scenario by judicious application of bistatic capability ...

The Navy is seeking the development of a direct band-pass analog-to-digital conversion capability for rotating air surveillance radar systems to improve performance capability and reduce costs. To demonstrate feasible cost and performance using this technology, the Navy requires a direct analog-to-digital conversion for the 850-950 MHz band having a noise figure of less than 3.5 dB, supporting 90 ...

Navy combat systems employ many underwater acoustic sensors to detect submerged threats. The performance of these sensors must be maintained at high levels for the combat system to perform effectively. These sensors are exposed to harsh environments and operating conditions that, over time, compromise sensor health resulting in degraded detection performance. Additionally, excessive radiated noise ...

Propel will research, investigate, evaluate and rank fiber, yarn and textile technologies with the potential to be embedded into uniform items in order to design and develop a sailor garment system that enables linkage of ship systems to the human in the near, mid and long term.

The design and development of compact, low frequency, broadband acoustic source technology is considered for the Mobile ASW Training Targets. The Phase I effort considers evaluation of several novel low frequency transducer designs and exploration of the associated trade space, including performance, size and cost. Design feasibility is supported with calculations of expected performance and by pr ...

This Phase II proposal is to develop a basic mobile gateway buoy acoustic communications USV relay into a more robust versatile multifunction all weather manned aircraft operable unmanned surface vehicle (USV). This program proposes to look at transition to use from Navy Aircraft with eventual NAVAIR Flight Certification and to focus on integrating key sensor systems to enhance open ocean operatio ...

We propose to develop an acoustic and vibration noise monitoring system for investigating navy ship noise. BTech will explore the different vector sensor technologies, packaging, data recording, mounting, and noise software analysis.

Numerous carbon fiber uni products are widely used in the composites industry. These various products vary in cost, processing method, and final composite properties obtained. For example, previous studies suggest that crimp and/or thermoplastic stitch sites in traditional woven uni and stitch-bonded fabrics, respectively, lead to limited fatigue properties relative to composites derived from auto ...

Electronic Warfare (EW) systems Human Machine Interface (HMI) is used to classify and correlate electronic emissions. The HMI must maximize operator efficiency and support effective decision making and must create a workspace that reduces the operator?s manual interaction with the system. In order to capture the HMI requirements, SEA CORP will follow a structured process to study the AN/BLQ-10 ope ...