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The pace of warfare is increasing rapidly with the emergence of numerous asymmetrical threats exhibiting complex interdependencies and shifting alliances. Never has it been more essential to acquire detailed tactical intelligence in time scales in hours ...

Phase II of this SBIR research effort fosters the next step of introduction and application in the development of a bistatic capability for surface and submarine Mid-Frequency (MF) active sonar systems. This development will enhance anti-submarine warfare (ASW) capability in strike group or coordinated surface and submarine ASW operations. Phase II builds on progress made in Phase I to develop and ...

The Navy’s Fleet-Class Common Unmanned Surface Vessel (CUSV) demands associated subsystems function with robust reliability and minimal operator intervention in order to operate at peak effectiveness. Mine Warfare’s (MIW) inherently hazardous nature requires particular focus on reducing manning requirements and simplifying operator machine interface (OMI) in order to minimize danger to personn ...

Integration of the sailor into the Navy’s system of systems onboard ship and off will enable improvements to the availability of mission-critical information to both the sailor and the Command. This integration is to be accomplished through embedding electronic system functionality into the sailor’s uniform, enabling what Propel has named the Smart Integrated Uniform™(SIU). Through selective ...

Advances in semiconductor technologies, including Gallium nitride (GaN) and Silicon carbide (SiC), are allowing for the wider use of solid-state devices in modern radar systems. These devices include direct digital synthesizers and their associated memories, i.e. numerical look up tables for reprogrammable radar parameters, as well as solid-state power amplifiers (SSPA). Since solid-state systems ...

The overall and principal objective in the Phase I effort will be determining the feasibility of an algorithmic approach to yield reliable and reduced target AOUs in an air deployed multi-static active sonar field. The feasibility will be based on the realized accuracy gains; achieving real-time data turn-around; and the computer information processing (IP) resources needed for estimating AOUs in ...

There are numerous conditions where gas turbine engines ingest small particulates. Of particular concern are the particles (~1-10 micrometer) that are ejected into the atmosphere as volcanic ash. Ingestion of these particles has numerous detrimental effects. Particle collisions cause abrasion of compressor blades, leading to loss of efficiency. Ingested particles that partially or completely melt ...

Additive manufacturing involves complex multi-scale and multi-physics mechanisms and phenomena but has the potential to produce low volume near net products with very little waste of raw materials. But understanding the complex physical mechanisms and interactions using today's simulation tools is too expensive.

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 ...

THIS PROPOSAL DESCRIBES A PROGRAM FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SUPERIOR SEA WATER BATTERIES INCORPORATING RAPIDLY SOLIDIFIED AMORPHOUS PALLADIUM-SILICON CATHODES AND RAPIDLY SOLIDIFIED CRYSTALLINE ALUMINUM ALLOY ANODES. THE SEA WATERBATTERY PERFORMANCE WILL BE EVALUATED AND THE CORROSION CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ANODE WILL BE CORRELATED WITH THE MICROSTRUCTURE AND ALLOY COMPOSITION OF THE ANODE MATERIAL. ...