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Chemical manufacturers require high accuracy/high sensitivity pressure sensors to efficiently monitor the various manufacturing systems and processes in the chemical plant, to ensure any changes proceed in a safe and reliable manner, adhering to expected standards and practices. NIST also has a need for highly accurate pressure measurements, especially determining the thermo-physical properties of ...

The Hybrid Quadrotor concept, developed by Latitude Engineering, combines the high power density of electric motors and propellers with the high energy density of a piston engine and liquid fuel. Together, each technology enables maximum performance in HQ's two regimes of flight: the electric system is responsible for lift while hovering (high power, short endurance), and the gas engine gives long ...

ABSTRACT: After a certain amount of service time, many aircraft components need to be cleaned and the coatings on those parts need to be stripped. Prior to the chemical cleaning and stripping processes, those parts are routinely examined by inspectors to locate the part numbers and find their matches on a list. Such a visual inspection process is not only time consuming, but also prone to human er ...

Alphacore proposes to design and implement the desired Analog to Information Processor (AIP) converter capable of directly converting RF (radio frequency) signals to information. Analog to feature/direct-information converters has been widely researched across various methods of implementation (including use of optics, magnetic field storage and so on). The hardware implementation of such systems ...

We propose to study how extraction efficiency can be improved by reducing IRLED pixel pitch. Our approach is to scale the size of RIIC pixel and IRLED device from 24-microns down to 12-microns and to lower the IRLED drive voltage from 10 Volts to 5 Volts.

Since the signature of the Montreal Protocol numerous non-toxic, non-corrosive, non-ozone-depleting and highly effective solid and liquid based fire suppression agents have been developed. Recent tests have shown improvement in closed compartment fire-su

Add ABoth high frequency and mean measurements of pressure, temperature and heat flux are needed to interrogate the flowfield around any hypersonic article tested in an arcjet facility. Composite hot structures, for aerospace/hypersonic applications, are

Rincon Research Corporation (RRC) has developed a low-cost passive Radio Frequency (RF)- based system that generates high-accuracy tracking observations using the RF signals broadcast by active satellites. RRC has demonstrated that this system can track a

Cyber-attacks have become an increasingly growing problem and are difficult to address using traditional risk management strategies. Factors such as the immense size of cyberspace, variety of forms malware can take, and the ever-evolving nature of threat

The U.S. Air Force (USAF) is facing continued, unrelenting, and unprecedented challenges in its overall mission to fly, fight, and win in air, space, and cyberspace. The USAF improving readiness in an era of increasing technical complexity and cyber thre