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In recent years, the need for highly reliable, durable and non-intrusive systems for monitoring the health condition of naval structures becomes more and more recognized. Of particular importance is the condition based maintenance of Navy rotating machinery (motors, generators, pumps, gear systems, etc.). Such Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) systems should be able to detect failures in their ea ...

dBm Corp in consortium with Rutgers University and XPRT propose to develop an NxN RF Emulator Matrix (N2REM) that is based on 1 to N channel implementation rather than 1 to 1 to enable the implementation of complex scenarios. This will allow a given node to have an independent RF relationship with every other node in the matrix. It is proposed to develop an architecture using N2REM as its core, le ...

This proposal outlines a scalable, low-cost method for the addressable fabrication of arrayed nanostructures that are fabricated directly on conductive, semiconductive or non-conductive supports. The method and techniques involved have already been demonstrated and extensively investigated by the PI where 10 200 nm diameter nanostructures can readily be produced. Furthermore, the incorporation of ...

The goal of this Navy Phase II STTR project is to identify and develop a D-conformation antimicrobial peptide as a novel, effective, and safe antibacterial drug candidate capable of entering human clinical trials. From a set of 4 uniquely designed analogs that exhibit superior in vitro biologic activity/safety data against clinical and drug-resistant gram-negative A. baumannii bacterial isolates, ...

Analysis of optical network performance provides key insights and enables comparison of technology and architecture alternatives beings considered for implementation of WDM LAN-based optical backbone networks within on-board aircraft platforms. Additional development of the models and algorithms used in commercial simulation and optimization tools is needed to characterize the complex interactions ...

Non-invasive methods are required to measure the turbulence in supersonic jet plumes in 3-D with high temporal and spatial resolutions. The turbulent supersonic jet plume changes rapidly both in space and time, and hence any viable approach must acquire the entire 3-D velocity field at even faster speed for comparison with the temporal and spatial velocity field solved in Large Eddy Simulations. ...

The Tai-Yang Research Company in partnership with the Center for Advanced Power Systems at Florida State University proposes to develop a warm-to-cold electrical termination for a cryogenically cooled high temperature superconductor cable. The termination will be optimized for the requirements defined by the Next Generation Integrated Power System. The proposed termination will include a novel met ...

Schwartz Electro-Optics, Inc. (SEO) is pleased to propose a Phase I study program for Laser Initiated Explosives (LIE) with Center for Research and Education in Optics and Lasers (CREOL) associated with the University of Central Florida. It is recognized by the Navy that the unexploded ordnance has become a growing issue. For example, in Laos, U.S. armed forces dropped several hundred tons ...

In miniature gas turbines for UAV applications, traditional bearings exhibit a typical lifetime of only 25 hours due to excessive axial loading. Mainstream proposed a passive permanent magnet thrust bearing to alleviate this problem and increase service life to over 1000 hours. Since this type of bearing is non-contacting, it can operate at very high rotational speeds with minimal heat generation ...

Unnecessarily high battlespace fuel consumption degrades operational capability, increases force balance problems, exposes refueling convoys to high risk, and increases operating and support costs. Currently, military shelters are cooled by vapor compression air conditioners powered by diesel electric generators. Diesel generators, which are overwhelmingly used for shelter cooling at forward bases ...