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Integrated Training Solutions, Inc., proposes a Phase I SBIR project to determine the feasibility of integrating computational sociolinguistics, social theory, and machine translation technology for a standalone, state of the art system to assist in the determination of native speaker status and potential native language of a speaker. The Sociolinguistic Identification and Rapid Extraction of Nat ...

Manufacturing processes are typically delayed from several minutes to several hours while coatings, sealants, and adhesives sufficiently cure to allow subsequent operations. Local environmental conditions can accelerate or decelerate cure depending on the chemistry of the materials, which makes degree of cure a variable over time and ultimately results in built-in down-time to assure sufficient cu ...

S and X-band radars are central to the Air and Missile defense capability of the US ballistic missile defense (BMD) systems. The objective of this Phase I program is to investigate various PA classes of operation and identify approaches with significantly improved efficiency. The strategy proposed in this SBIR Phase I proposal is to combine the benefits of high efficiency switching architectures w ...

The goal of this project is to design, build, and test an active electromagnetic induction (EMI) sensor array for detecting and characterizing IEDs. At low frequencies (below a few kHz), an EMI sensor is a magnetometer that primarily responds to susceptibility targets (i.e., ferrous objects). The main difference is that, while a magnetometer uses the earth’s field as the illuminating source, an ...

There is an ongoing requirement to reduce the cost and time associated with insulation attachment during outfitting and new construction on naval vessels. Currently, the primary method of attaching insulation on metal surfaces is through the used of welded studs. These studs are attached to decks and bulkheads early in the construction process and are often damaged before the construction process ...

Identification and Significance of the Problem In the last 20 years, the use of personal, wireless communications devices by society has exploded. Nearly every adult (and many children) in developed and developing countries carries at least one communications device usually in the form of a mobile phone. In addition to mobile phones, a host of other wireless technologies such as Bluetooth, FRS/GM ...

GaN based HEMTs are capable of achieving high power density at high frequency. Thus, solid-state high power amplifiers based on GaN will be smaller and lighter than incumbent technologies. The use of a silicon substrate for GaN HEMTs provides a reliable GaN device which is also economical. Discrete devices and MMICs based on GaN on Si are ideally suited for applications in high power radar modu ...

A major limitation of current high performance composites made from vinyl ester resins is their performance with carbon fiber reinforcements. Carbon fiber composites can possess much higher specific stiffness and strength than glass fiber composites, but the laminated composite properties depend on a good interface between the matrix resin and the fiber. Since vinyl ester resins typically do not e ...

Wave Computation Technologies, Inc. (WCT) proposes to develop a new multiscale solver for electromagnetic field/circuit co-simulation. This solver combines three efficient electromagnetic field algorithms, (a) the spectral element time-domain (SETD) method for coarse scales, (b) the enlarged cell technique (ECT) for the boundary conformal finite-difference time-domain method [i.e., the FDTD method ...

Acoustic signatures radiating to the ground enable the enemy to aurally detect, locate, and classify inbound U.S. tactical aircraft. Multi-Service and multi-agency requirements exist to study the problem and to develop countermeasures, yet no capability currently exists to adequately assess our vulnerability problem. To address these applications, a modular system of acoustical tools is proposed ...