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An inline device or sensor that can recognize contaminated fuel before and while refueling Army Aircraft, and shut down the refueling operation immediately upon detection of contamination will provide an indication to the refueling personnel that contamination has been recognized and shut off refueling operation to prevent the contaminated fuel from entering the aircraft. We propose to design a u ...

Currently, there is no scalable method for the production of BN nano-tubes with a controlled diameter. In this project, PH Matter, LLC will partner with Dr. Sheldon Shore from the Ohio State University to develop a commercially viable and scalable process for the selective production of BN nano-tubes. Dr. Shore is an expert in the area of boron and boron nitride chemistry, with over 60 years of ...

Many defense systems such as silent watch, soldier power, unmanned vehicles, communications equipment, and directed energy weapons require portable power which limits the duration and capability of missions relying upon these systems. The DoD is therefore seeking energy storage devices with higher energy densities to extend mission duration and capability. Of all battery technologies currently a ...

Think-A-Move (TAM) will develop a heads-up, hands-free speech command control system for UGVs. Also, TAM, in conjunction with Autonomous Solutions, will develop and implement appropriate autonomous behaviors and video servoing capabilities. And, TAM will develop a plan to review the human-factors of different COTS video display systems. This proposal addresses two critical challenges of current Un ...

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase II project develops novel materials processing and device design that extract the maximum possible performance out of the lithium niobate electro-optic material. The novel modulator device incorporates reconfigurable quasi-phase matching (RQPM) to produce an arbitrary RF bandpass response. The Phase I effort has laid a firm foundation for the creation ...

RAVEN technology weapons vent a significant portion of the propellant gases rearward. Therefore the ammunition must allow the gun gases to leave the chamber at the proper time. This is in complete contrast to conventional weapons where the ammunition provides the breech seal during the entire ballistic cycle. As such, the technologies are incompatible and separate supply logistics must be main ...

Advanced reactive materials (RM) with reduced electrostatic discharge (ESD) sensitivity are needed by the Army. Nanoscale thermite compositions are of particular interest because of the fast reaction rates and high flame temperatures generated during reaction. Unfortunately, in many cases, the materials are so reactive that they are impractical to work with. One route to improving ESD insensitivit ...

The amount of network-centric data from repositories, sensors, and human inputs has created significant problems that impede the effective organization of this data into actionable knowledge that can improve situation awareness and, ultimately, mission performance. Many technologies, for instance, databases and on-line mapping, have been designed to manage this information for specific task sets. ...

The diagnostic systems in use in military machines are large and expensive. Other military machines could benefit from diagnostic and prognostic systems, but cannot afford the added size, weight and expense. Orbital Research proposes to address this issue by adapting the rugged ASICs that it has presently in development, and those planned for future development, into a single System on a Chip ( ...

Installation of a counter IED jammer system on each individual Army vehicle has caused electromagnetic interference between the jammer and friendly communication systems. A fundamental enabling technology called active interference cancellation, which enables simultaneous jamming and communication capabilities under changes in the threat conditions and operating environment is needed. In this pr ...