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AbTech Corporation proposes to apply its unique Statistical Network ModelingTM technology to develop a non contact prognostic assessment tool that 1) acquires, processes, and analyzes electronic radiated signal data, 2) learns the expected characteristics and patterns of specific radiated signals measured from microelectronic semiconductor devices using AbTech's statistical network modeling techno ...

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Active noise reduction (ANR) headsets have found a market niche in the hearing protection industry, thereby validating the technology of active noise control for personal applications. This Phase I project will seek to extend the application of personal ANR systems to include specialized headphones which can successfully evaluate hearing acuity in typical clinical environments. To ensure a succe ...

Fiber & Sensor Technologies (F&S), teaming with Virginia Tech, proposes to develop an adaptive control system for cure of thermoset resins during manufacture and repair of polymer matrix composites. Leveraging DOD-sponsored development of fiber optic cure monitor sensors, F&S will develop an embeddable "sensor string" by multi-plexing pressure, temperature, and viscosity sensors on a single optic ...

ABSTRACT:Luna and MLPC are proposing to develop an innovative fabrication technique that embeds optical sensing fiber into an additively manufactured hypersonic test bed. Hypersonic testing of vehicles currently being performed in wind tunnels provides researchers with limited test data.Characterizing the complex phenomena under various replicated flight conditions can be an expensive and difficul ...

Bevilacqua Research Corporation (BRC), a woman-owned, small corporation based in Huntsville, AL, and Mystech Associates Inc., of Falls Church, VA, propose to jointly design and develop a unique robust information correlation architecture for MTI data based upon Dialectic (Bounded) Neural Networks. This Phase I effort will utilize the existing Phoenix C4I software as a COTS framework for the Bound ...

The project goal is to produce an algorithm for synthesizing auditory distance which will be accurately perceived with little or no learning required. The algorithm could be added to an existing AF 30D audio system which uses headphones in a noise-reducing helmet. The approach is to combine very accurate recently developed atmospheric modeling with head-related transfer functions (HR ...

ABSTRACT:Using lasers as signal carriers, FSO laser communications (Laser-Com) can provide a line-of-sight, wireless, high-bandwidth, communication link between remote sites. Because of the reduced scattering, long-wavelength infrared (LWIR) 8 13 um radiation possesses significantly better all-weather transmission than the shorter wavelengths in use today. The superior transmission through common ...

ABSTRACT:JRM and Santa Barbara Infrared propose an innovative, low-cost, hybrid projection/injection approach for testing of Wide-Field-of-View (WFOV), Wide-Focal-Plane-Array (WFPA) sensors and seeker systems, with minimal impact to existing 7V/10V facilities. In this approach, the sensor under test is servo-mounted to allow controlled re-orientation, so that existing (narrow-FOV) projector/collim ...

ABSTRACT:nou Systems proposes an innovative analysis and test methodology for testing space-based high-resolution wide field-of-view (WFOV) focal plane arrays (FPAs). Current space sensor test facilities are incapable of fully testing state-of-the-art high-resolution WFOV sensors without infrastructure modifications. The test methodology described in this proposal focuses on testing only a subset ...