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The research described in this proposal is intended to provide a basis for the development of advanced software technologies for accurately and quickly gridding CAD models for computational applications. The specific purpose of this work is to: (1) import and automatically repair CAD models; (2) develop means to automatically remove internal or external features; (3) automatically identify feature ...

Ensuring User Interface consistency is extremely difficult---manual review and developer coordination is required to achieve uniform interaction metaphors across operating systems, web browsers, applications, and disparate devices. This is complicated by the capabilities of various UI toolkits and specific devices, as well as the development choices of the application programmers. We propose a ...

In this program Powdermet will combine controlled particle packing theory, particle interface control through particle coating and improve particle aeration by combining energetic gas formers within the obscurant compact. The end result of the program will be a device that outperforms current burster canisters with existing available obscurant materials and also can be applied to newly developed ...

The Active Protection System for a ground vehicle should provide protection from the full spectrum of threats. Based on our experience in developing optical fuzes, we present our notional concept for a highly accurate active optical fuze that not only requires minimal volume and weight but the additional submunition length required is very small or possible even reduced in some cases where an RF f ...

From the 19th century until today, we have seen an almost tenfold increase in the ocular injury rate on the battlefield. Injuries to the torso that in the past would have been fatal are now prevented or reduced through use of effective body armor. Although the ocular surface area represents only 0.27% of the body surface area the eye casualty rate in combat is 20 to 50 times greater than expecte ...

To address the U.S. Armys need for a high-bandwidth, compact, wireless, millimeter-wave soldier-borne datalink, Physical Optics Corporation (POC) proposes to develop a novel, low-cost Adaptive Millimeter WavE (AMWE) transceiver system capable of enabling data rates of over 2Gbps in a non-line-of-sight (NLOS) multipass environment. This short-range communication system, built on a unique integratio ...

As adversarial threats are developing longer range capability, HEL systems must counter these developments by achieving lethal effects at longer ranges. Adaptive Optics (AO) is a key technology that enables longer range engagements by compensating the effects of atmospheric turbulence. Guidestar Optical Systems, Inc. (Guidestar) has developed two innovative concepts for AO system architectures tha ...

Reliable communication system is the backbone of every tactical mission. From deployed troops to law enforcement officials, lack of reliable communication increases risk and compromises safety. These challenges are further exacerbated when unmanned ground robot vehicles are operated in urban scenarios with severe multipath due to cluster of buildings along with active transmissions from unfriendly ...

Lightweight gimbal assemblies capable of meeting both thermal and structural requirements in military aviation environments can be accomplished through the use of titanium alloys. However, to achieve a production unit cost not to exceed $600-$1200 per gimbal assembly for a seeker gimbal assembly based on expectations for 20,000 to 30,000 gimbals is very challenging. CalRAM, Inc, a company establ ...

The DOD has a need for surgery and procedural training models, which have a high degree of realism and functionality with synthetic skin, muscle, vessels, adipose, and connective tissue. The 3D printing of synthetic tissues enables such models to be fabricated customized to particular situations (i.e. unique anatomy, bone fracture, or condition) and with lower cost than conventional methods. Inco ...