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The goal of this program is to develop a low cost, flexible manufacturing method for the production of Cf reinforced composites for ablation-resistant propulsion components for Theater Missile Defense (TMD) concepts. The matrix material selected for demonstration of the technology will be HfC, a material which has demonstrated good oxidation and ablation resistance at elevated temperatures.

The 3DIC concept is based on using multiple levels of thin film dielectric material, each having its own ground plane and microwave circuits, to stack up multiple circuit functions on top of each other. This approach reduces the IC footprint thereby reducing the usage of the semiconductor real estate, leading to substantial reduction in cost as well as improvement in performance. The phase 1 tec ...

Acute infectious diseases pose significant problems which include the potential failure of antimicrobial therapy and the serious sequelae that may result. These treatment failures may occur due to a lack of diagnostic information during early onset of the disease, resulting in the use of the incorrect antibiotic or antimicrobial resistance, and the inadequacy of current therapy for ameliorating s ...

This project will conceptually design and demonstrate the feasibility of a multivariate approach to the real-time measurement of cognitive workload, basedon operator psychophysiology as well as behavior, in the context of task demands. Such as approach will facilitate the development of cooperative human-computer controversy over how to implement such capabilities, including how to ascertain the ...

Special Operations Forces (SOF) require a real time display of appr opriate data to allow the helmsman to access the damage potential to his cargo (equipment/personnel) and support his decision relative to speed and course selection when operating in rough water. Furthermore, maintenance support personnel need quantitative data to support design decisions and maintenance activities. This proposa ...

Atlantic Aerospace offers to define, develop and analyze a new spread spectrum code acquisition technique having breakthrough potential for decreasing the product of acquisition time and acquisition processor speed for acquisition of GPS signals relative to currently employed techniques. The basis for this claim already exists in results of the company's contract an dcorporately-funded research.I ...

Development of new algorithms for improved tracking of MTI data from airborne standoff platforms can be enabled by exploiting additional information extracted from multi-mode radar including both SAR image information and MTI. MTI radar is being increasingly used for tactical battlefield surveillance and several new Systems are reaching ICC which will provide continuous wide area surveillance. T ...

In order to remain competitive in today's global marketplace, U.S. manufacturers are constantly striving to hold tighter and tighter tolerances on the parts that they produce. What this means is that the manufacturer needs to better control the machines that they use, and in order to do that they need an instrument that can quickly and easily characterize the geometric properties of the machines ...

A Phase I project to design and demonstrate the concept of a "high-speed laser scanning technology for the measurement" and reporting of the small fire arm scoring. Accuracy of the measurement is +/- 1 mm over an area of 30'x30' with a projectile velocity of up to 1,550 meter/second. The results of the Phase I program will provide crucial design guidelines for the construction of a full brassboa ...

In response to the increasing demand for better understanding of the manufacturing processes and the machining systems, a new testing standard--ASME B5.54 and a family of new testing instruments have been developed for evaluating the performances of a variety of CNC machining centers. Because of the advancement and versatility of the new instruments, test data are being collected at a much higher ...