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OPTICAL COUNTERMEASURES RESEARCH REQUIRES ACCURATE SHORT-PATH AIRBORNE MEASUREMENT OF WAVELENGTH DEPENDENT ATMOSPHERIC EXTINCTION. THIS ATMOSPEHERIC TOTAL EXTINCTION COEFFICIENT HAS AEROSOL ABSORPTION, AEROSOL SCATTERING, AND WATER VAPOR MOLECULAR ABSORPTION COMPONENTS. CURRENT DEVICES MEASURES ONLY MONOCHROMATIC SINGLE-ANGLE AEROSOL SCATTERING COEFFICIENTS. THE DIFFERENCE CAN BE SIGNIFICANT, ESPE ...

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THE OBJECTIVE OF PHASE I STUDY IS TO CONDUCT A MILLIMETER- WAVE (MMW) SYSTEM SURVEY (INCLUDING STACOM, RADAR, SECURITY COMMUNICATIONS, RADIOMETER, SEEKER, DESIGNATOR, SPACE COMM, AND ECM SYSTEMS) TO IDENTIFY SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES/ COMPONENTS REQUIREMENTS, CRITICAL PROBLEMS AND SYSTEM SPECIFICATIONS. KEY MMW TECHNOLOGIES SUCH AS PHASED/ ADAPTIVE ARRAY, ACTIVE ARRAY, FAST-HOPPING FREQUENCY SYNTHESIZ ...

The aerospace industry needs an innovative pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA) to increase the performance of new aircraft paint-replacement coatings for both rotorcraft and fixed-winged platforms. The PSA will be used to adhere existing polymeric appliqué film materials to the current polyurethane-based aircraft body primers. Currently, existing PSAs cannot provide mechanical performance and solve ...

The current ballistic material systems for small arms protective inserts in personnel armor are based on ceramic plates with fiber-reinforced composite backing. The current Interceptor OTV (Outer Tactical Vest) and SAPI (Small Arms Protective Inserts) have saved many lives, but the current configuration including E-SAPI is still not light enough to meet the goals of the Marine Corps applications. ...

The U.S. Navy has significant interest in the development of advanced material enabling shock mitigation in LCS-module connections systems. Composite Technology Development (CTD) proposes a multidisciplinary approach to develop and qualify novel, polymer materials for incorporation into commercial-grade twist-lock connections systems. These materials will be based on new and existing chemistries w ...

The U.S. Navy desires the replacement of cadmium (Cd) platings for the protection of high-strength 4330V steel employed in arresting-gear tailhook components. While Cd is a protective coating, it is not environmentally-friendly. As an alternative, Engineered Coatings (ECI) and Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) propose a two-tier approach: 1) higher-risk atmospheric-plasma chemical vapor depositi ...

This Phase I Small Business Innovative Research Program will develop and characterize a novel class of low-cost, lightweight hybrid composite materials that will enhance both the interlaminar shear strength and the high-cycle fatigue life of composite structures used for Navy rotorcraft applications, such as flexbeams and yokes. Performance Polymer Solutions Inc. will develop composite structures ...

Our baseline concept is to precisely locate the aircraft relative to the ship, using a cooperative 6 Degree of Freedom (6-DoF) optical sensing system. The system also identifies the ship though time modulation on the sensing system. The 6-DoF information is combined with a database of the ship’s geometry to provide Object Proximity Warning data to the Ground Proximity Warning System. The system ...