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  1. DIAMONDLIKE CARBON COATINGS FOR OPTICAL SYSTEMS

    SBC: UES INC            Topic: N/A

    MILITARY OPTICAL SYSTEMS NEED HARD, CORROSION-RESISTANT COATINGS. DIAMONDLIKE CARBON HAS MANY DESIRABLE PROPERTIES FOR THIS PURPOSE: HARD, RESISTENT TO ETCH, ROUGHNESS FILLING, AND TRANSPARENT IN THE VISIBLE TO INFRARED. WE ARE PREPARING TO COAT COMMON INFRARED DETECTOR MATERIALS SUCH AS IN, SB, GE, HG, CD, AND TE WITH DIAMONDLIKECARBON. WE WILL THEN TEST THESE COATINGS FOR OPTICAL PERFORMANCE, CO ...

    SBIR Phase II 1986 Department of DefenseArmy
  2. UNATTENDED PRECISION GRINDING PROCESS DEVELOPMENT

    SBC: Metcut Research Assocs Inc            Topic: N/A

    THE UNATTENDED PRECISION GRINDING STATION ADDRESSES A NEED FOR HIGH VOLUME, HIGH PRECISION GRINDING OF PROPULSION SYSTEM PARTS. REALIZATION OF THE UNATTENDED GRINDING STATION IS DEPENDENT UPON THE DEVELOP-MENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE RELATIONSHIPS FOR ADAPTIVE CONTROL OF WHEEL-AND-WORKPIECE STIFFNESS, DAMPING, AND COMPLIANCE IN THE GRINDING PROCESS. THE MEASUREMENT AND CONTROL OF THESE PARAMETER ...

    SBIR Phase II 1986 Department of DefenseAir Force
  3. SUPERLATTICE BUFFER LAYERS FOR LOW-DEFECT GAAS EXPOTAXIAL FILMS ON IMPERFECT GAAS SUBSTRATES

    SBC: Spire Corporation            Topic: N/A

    THE LACK OF REPRODUCIBLY UNIFORM, LOW-DEFECT GAAS MATERIAL REMAINS A MAJOR OBSTACLE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF ADVANCED MICROWAVE DEVICE TECHNOLOGIES, ESPECIALLY DIGITAL AND MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS. SPIRE PROPOSES TO CIRCUMVENT THE SHORTCOMINGS OF MELT-GROWN GAAS WAFERS BY MEANS OF SUPERLATTICE BUFFER LAYERS, WHICH WOULD ACT AS BARRIERS TO THREADING DISLOCATIONS IN ADDITION TO PROVIDIN ...

    SBIR Phase II 1986 Department of DefenseAir Force
  4. RAMAN DETECTION FOR BALLOONBORNE LIDAR

    SBC: VISIDYNE, INC.            Topic: N/A

    THE FEASIBILITY OF ADDING A RAMAN DETECTION SYSTEM, FOR THE MEASUREMENT OF ATMOSPHERIC CONSTITUENTS, TO AN EXISTING BALLOONBORNE LIDAR PAYLOAD WILL BE INVESTIGATED. THE BALLOONBORNE LIAR IS CURRENTLY USED TO MAKE RAYLEIGH/MIE ATMOSPHERIC BACKSCATTER MEASUREMENTS. THE FEASIBILITY STUDY WILL INCLUDE, FOR THE VARIOUS TYPES OF RAMAN SCATTERING AN AN ERROR ANALYSIS BASED ON THE OPERATING PARAMETERS OF ...

    SBIR Phase II 1986 Department of DefenseAir Force
  5. RAMAN COVERTED MID-IR LASER

    SBC: ABIOMED, INC.            Topic: N/A

    THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROPOSAL IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF A PULSED MID-IR LASER IN THE 3.5 TO 4.1 MICROMETER ATMOSPHERIC TRANSMISSION WINDOW. SUCH SPECTRAL SOURCE IS RELEVANT TO A VARIETY OF TACTICAL APPLICATIONS. THE DF CHEMICAL LASER HAS BEEN THE CHOICE, BUT SUFFERS FROM WASTE FUEL MANAGEMENT PROBLEMS. NO OTHER EFFICIENT DIRECT LASING SOURCE IS AVAILABLE. TO OBTAIN SUCH A SOURCE, WE PROPOSE THE USE O ...

    SBIR Phase II 1986 Department of DefenseArmy
  6. HIGH PERFORMANCE LIGHTWEIGHT MANIPULATOR FEASIBILITY STUDY

    SBC: Adaptive Machine Technologies            Topic: N/A

    A MANIPULATOR DESIGN IS PROPOSED WHICH USES ADVANCED MATERIALS AND CONTROL TECHNIQUES TO ACHIEVE PERFORMANCE FAR SUPERIOR TO THAT OF CONVENTIONAL MANIPULATORS. PRELIMINARY STUDIES INDICATE THAT A MANIPULATOR CAN BE DESIGNED WITH A USEFUL LOAD CAPACITY OF 100 KILOGRAMS, A USEFUL REACH OF 2.5 METERS, AND END-EFFECTOR SPEED OF AT LEAST 5 METERS/SEC, AND A WEIGHT OF LESS THAN 500 KILOGRAMS. THE DESIGN ...

    SBIR Phase II 1986 Department of DefenseDefense Advanced Research Projects Agency
  7. ALL SOLID-STATE INTEGRATING DOSIMETER

    SBC: RADIATION MONITORING DEVICES, INC.            Topic: N/A

    RECENTLY, RESEARCH AT SEVERAL GOVERNMENT FACILITIES HAS RESULTED IN SIGNIFICANT ADVANCES IN BOTH THE ELECTRONIC AND DETECTOR ASPECTS OF INTEGRATING RADIATION DOSIMETERS. ONE PARTICULAR APPROACH, THE LOS ALAMOS MULTIDETECTOR RADIATION MONITOR, IS A MICROPROCESSOR BASED INSTRUMENT, CAPABLE OF INTERROGATING SEVERAL DIFFERENT NUCLEAR DETECTORS SIMULTANEOUSLY. ALTHOUGH USING GEIGER TUBES FOR THE GAMMA ...

    SBIR Phase II 1986 Department of DefenseAir Force
  8. TEST EQUIPMENT FOR AVIONICS BEYOND 18 GHZ

    SBC: Ateam Corp            Topic: N/A

    USE OF THE FINAL REPORT WILL PERMIT A COST EFFECTIVE SELECTION OF TEST EQUIPMENT TO IMPROVE THE OPERATIONAL AVAILABILITY OF CURRENT PRIME SYSTEMS AT AN AFFORDABLE COST. THE PROGRAMS WILL NOT BE FACED WITH THE EXPENSE AND TIME OF DEVELOPING, TESTING, AND SUPPORTING NEW TEST AND CALIBRATION EQUIPMENT TO MEET MANY OF THEIR REQUIREMENTS. THIS RESEARCH PROJECT WILL BE STRUCTURED AND COMPLETED IN A WAY ...

    SBIR Phase II 1986 Department of DefenseAir Force
  9. ADVANCED ORDERED POLYMER/GLASS MICROCOMPOSITES

    SBC: FOSTER-MILLER, INC.            Topic: N/A

    ORDERED POLYMER MATERIALS PROCESSED FROM LIQUID CRYSTALLINE SOLUTIONS CAN BE USED WITH GLASS PROCESSED BY THE SOL-GEL METHOD TO PRODUCE A COMPOSITE WITH HOMOGENEITY ON A VERY SMALL SCALE. SUCH A "MICROCOMPOSITE" MATERIAL ROD-LIKE POLYMER PBT (POLY PHENYLENE BENZOBISTHIAZOLE) AND GLASS, SUCH AS SILICA, OFFERS SOME POTENTIAL ADVANTAGES. PBT WOULD PROVIDE HIGH TENSILE STRENGTH, STIFFNESS, TOUGHNESS, ...

    SBIR Phase II 1986 Department of DefenseAir Force
  10. INTEGRATED DRILL-LOAD-SHOOT EXPLOSIVE EXCAVATION SYSTEM

    SBC: FOSTER-MILLER, INC.            Topic: N/A

    AN INTEGRATED DRILL-LOAD-SHOT (IDLS) SYSTEM WILL BE DEVELOPED TO OVERCOME THE CURRENT DISADVANTAGES AND REALIZE THE POTENTIAL OF EXPLOSIVE EXCAVATION SYSTEMS. THE IDLS SYSTEM IS TEAMED WITH A UNIQUE SPIRAL DRILL AND BLAST CONCEPT, THE COMBINATION OF WHICH PERMITS NEARLY CONTINUOUS, RATHER THAN CYCLIC OPERATION. THIS CONCEPT PROVIDES A SIMPLE, REPETITIVE BLAST GEOMETRY, EFFICIENT BLASTING TO A FREE ...

    SBIR Phase II 1986 Department of DefenseAir Force
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