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The objective of this effort is to develop innovative waveforms and related signal processing algorithms that will improve the capability of missile defense radars in target detection, discrimination, and tracking, as well as reducing vulnerability to jamming and other countermeasures. We will demonstrate significant performance improvements by modeling and simulation. In addition, during the Ph ...

Next generation ballistic missile warning, defense and surveillance systems need to anticipate, through modeling and simulation, the background radiation of the battlespace environment, including geometries that intercept the ocean background. This objective requires prior knowledge of the environmental radiance conditions for development of optimal sensors and detection approaches. Much work has ...

The C9 team proposes to exploit the success of the phase I effort by fabricating and doing full scale testing of the Throttling Divert and Attitude Control System(TDACS) Throat support for the Block IIA or Block IIB upgrades of the SM-3 Missile Defense system. The desired goal is to be production ready for BlockIIA which is currently in Critical Design Review with full scale testing in the 3rd qua ...

Through this research effort, DSR is developing test equipment that can be used by the Air Force to investigate inert and live explosive material properties through a variety of different pressure and temperature environments. Strain-rate levels are adjustable and will vary between 10-5-10-2 s-1 depending upon the stiffness and strength of the test material. 25.4-mm-diameter specimens with lengt ...

The objective of this proposed Phase II work is to develop a production method for manufacturing rolled plates of a high-strength aircraft aluminum alloy (7075) with high SCC (stress corrosion cracking) resistance. The corrosion resistance is to be improved without a loss in tensile strength. The basic operational processing procedure is to produce aluminum alloy plate through roll bonding of a co ...

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The single most important type of metal/SiC junction is the n-type, rectifying Schottky diode, because it is the voltage blocking junction in all majority carrier devices. A reliable junction of this type for n-type SiC is the key to its development for high temperature, power conditioning electronics. Phase I will demonstrate that osmium is the ideal metal for forming such junctions. Phase II wil ...

LACK OF RELIABLE, FLEXIBLE, LOW COST TRANSPORTATION FOR SMALL PAYLOADS IS A BOTTLENECK IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND DEPLOYMENT OF SPACE BASED SYSTEMS. PACASTRO'S FAMILY OF ROCKET VEHICLES, EMPLOYING A CORE PRESSURE-FED, LIQUID PROPULSION UNIT AND ELECTRONICS AND SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPED IN SMALL LOW COST SPACECRAFT PROGRAMS, WILL CUT IN HALF THE PRICE OF LAUNCHING SMALL SUBORBITAL AND ORBITAL PAYLO ...

The trend toward replacement of highly toxic chemicals with less hazardous alternatives has created the demand for replacement of chromate conversion coatings for corrosion protection of aluminum alloys. Aluminum alloys are the predominate structural material used in aircraft because of their high strength-to-weight ratios, affordability and processability. Aluminum is subject to catastrophic fail ...

This proposal presents a program for developing a novel patterning system technology that not only delivers submicron resolution over a large image field, but also produces high exposure throughput and eliminates the shortcomings of conventional systems. The new technology is highly attractive in the fabrication of semiconductor integrated circuits and flat-panel displays. Phase I will design a sy ...