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Shipboard structures such as aircraft hangars, masts, antennae cable trunks, etc. need armor protection against blast and ballistic events associated with a terrorist or other asymmetric attack. These structures benefit from the use of lightweight energyabsorbing materials. 3TEX will develop a 3D-woven-composite/cellular-metal armor system. The new material/armor technology is based on 3WEAVE 3D w ...

Shipboard structures such as aircraft hangars, masts, antennae cable trunks, etc. need armor protection against small arms fire and light blast associated with a terrorist or other asymmetric attack. These structures benefit from the use of lightweightanti-corrosive materials. 3TEX will develop a multi-functional composite material system that will both carry structural loads and provide ballistic ...

STANDARD MONTE CARLO AND FN METHODS FOR RADIATION TRANSPORT WILL BE USED TO STUDY A NEWLY PROPOSED SHIELD CONFIGURATION FOR PROTECTION AGAINST PARALLEL OR SLIGHTLY DIVERING GAMA RAY BEAMS IN A SPACE (NON-SCATTTERING) ENVIRONMENT. THE NEW CONFIGURATION EMPLOYS LAYERED SHIELDS, WITH CONSIDERABLE SEPARATION BETWEEN THE LAYERS, TO SHADOW THE TARGET, OF THE ASSUMPTION THAT THE DIRECTION OF INCIDENCE IS ...

Currently available equipment for detecting submarines shows poor performance in littoral waters. We propose to deploy a population of inexpensive devices that will augment the capabilities of the currently available equipment to achieve the goal ofdetecting submarines in littoral waters. The U.S. military will achieve the capability of detecting submarines in littoral waters.

The Helikite Elevated Platform ? Test Relay (HEP-TR) consists of a communications relay payload suspended from a new type of small tethered blimp, called a Helikite, and a Carrier that stores the Helikite and the winch, sensors and helium tanks. TheHEP-TR blimp can be flown at several thousand feet altitude for low cost, long term test communications relay coverage of large areas. It is highly m ...

This SBIR Phase I project builds upon Digital Optics Corporation's experience in the design, fabrication, and integration of micro-optics with lasers, detectors, and fibers to provide an innovative multiplexing approach for fly-by-light (FBL), fiber-basedcontrol of airborne actuator systems. This work will be performed in partnership with Optical Crosslinks and HR Textron.The proposed method uses ...

The objective of this proposal is to determine the feasibility of using an Expendable Aerial Delivery System (EADS) to provide the United States Armed Forces long-range airdrop supply and sustainment during operations across the spectrum of military andcivil operations. DropMaster, Inc. is proposing a solution that is cheaper, simpler, and more effective than the current method of air delivery. ...

It is estimated that more than 80 percent of a naval ship's ultimate acquisition cost is locked in during concept design. For many class of ships, this means tens of billions of dollars tied to a design that may not meet the original objective without newdesign changes. An ad hoc process for making critical design decisions is unacceptable. Without Multidisciplinary Design Optimization (MDO) ea ...

Many diverse tools are used for the evaluation of propulsion systems from different engineering disciplines. These include legacy codes, off the shelf analysis software such as ANSYS, MathLab a variety of CFD tools, and miscellaneous utilities such asExcel. Engineous Software proposes to investigate integration of diverse propulsion analysis tools into a design system or framework. Such a syste ...

We propose to further develop a new technique for imaging underground facilities based on the passive monitoring of acoustic emissions from both stationary and moving equipment within such facilities. It is well known that all mechanical devices, such asmotors, gears, etc, emit acoustic signals. It is possible to identify an acoustic source based on its noise spectrum. During Phase I, we have demo ...