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The Controlled Towed Vehicle (CTV) has the capability to provide low level, 10 m, detailed information on ocean-atmosphere interactions for several hour periods of time with the tow aircraft maintaining a comfortable and safe flight altitude of 1000-2000 ft. Previous work has detailed turbulence, water vapor and carbon dioxide fluxes from the CTV. In this proposal the capabilities of the CTV will ...

In Phase I SPEC completed fabrication of a novel new instrument, the 3V-CPI, which makes high-speed size-distribution measurements and records high-resolution digital images of cloud particles. Also in Phase I SPEC continued to develop and improve software modules used to analyze 3V-CPI data. In Phase II SPEC anticipates working closely with the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) Rese ...

More than 52% of U.S. urban highway congestion is a direct result of highway incidents. Federal and State transportation authorities are searching for quick, cost-effective and efficient highway incident detection and warning systems. Several solutions have been proposed but none could satisfy requirements of transportation authorities. Central Signal's research and development, grounded in mor ...

The AAI CMAS conceptual Phase I design focused on two primary design features: the feasibility of designing AEER and IEER-type acoustic sources capable of meeting the CMAS mission requirements, and designing both acoustic source and vehicle propulsion modules compatible with A-size sonobuoy packaging constraints. AAI’s Phase II design successfully meets these CMAS requirements. The proposed CMAS ...

ORBITEC proposes to continue the development of high-performance fuels to replace monomethyl hydrazine (MMH) and other storable fuels for in-space propulsion applications. Compounds from various chemical families were proposed in Phase I to address these needs. These families of compounds have greater heats of formation, lower volatility, and lower toxicity than MMH. Their reduced vapor pressur ...

ChemImage Corporation (CI) has successfully completed a Phase 1 SBIR entitled, “Real Time Chemometrics” that demonstrates the potential of a real time chemometrics (RTC) software and hardware architecture that operate semi-autonomously for detection of CBE materials. CI, in partnership with A3 Technologies, is proposing a Phase 2 project that will represent a leap-ahead processing system for ...

The Joint Strike Fighter is considering the use of organic and ceramic matrix composites for high temperature engine components. Material coupons and flight tests have shown that when these materials are exposed to high temperatures in the presence of air, salt fog, and humidity they can react chemically. The chemical reactions may cause a significant loss in composite strength even though there i ...

As military vehicles support ever-growing RF functions, there is a need to develop systems to address the mutual interoperability of these capabilities. Specifically, there is an urgent requirement to address this challenge for two essential RF capabilitie

High strength steel components for Navy aircraft are subjected to the harsh corrosive maritime environment. Specifically, Hydrogen Environment Assisted Cracking (HEAC) is a dominant problem associated with corrosion. This STTR project is aimed at establishing the experimental characterization and modeling method as well as fundamental understanding necessary to develop corrosion resistant high str ...

BTech Acoustics proposes the development of a detailed Cylindrical Transducers User Toolkit for the design of underwater acoustic transducers and sonar systems employing cylindrical transducers and relaxor piezoelectric single crystals. The Cylindrical Transducer User Toolkit (CT-Toolkit) will allow a detailed, accurate and user-friendly method to provide the acoustic performance for cylindrical t ...