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This Phase II SBIR proposal presents a new platform for development, validation, and deployment of health and status assessment and decision support applications. At the core of this platform is MSI’s Collaborative Bayesian Application Engineering Environment (CBAEE) for developing models supporting signature recognition, condition assessment, and decision support. This Collaborative Engineering ...

This MDA SBIR Phase II is focused on further developing and optimizing high density, mechanically durable high temperature Molybdenum/Rhenium, Rhenium and their alloys of Hf and HfC in net shape using UTRON's innovative, compact and cost-effective High Pressure Combustion Driven Powder Compaction (CDC) technology. The major application is for high performance Divert and Attitude Control System (DA ...

Microwave Technologies Incorporated is proposing the development of a very compact radio-frequency (rf) electron beam accelerator which appears to be well-suited for BMDO's directed energy applications. This novel concept employs a single short rf cavity operating in circular polarization to accelerate a low-energy ma ~netized pencil beam to energies that range from 2 to 10 MeV. The proposed accel ...

NON-NUCLEAR APPROACHES ARE SOUGHT FOR HIGH ENERGY DENSITIES FOR SPACE POWER SYSTEMS. ONE CRITICAL COMPONENT TO ACHIEVE IMPROVED PERFORMANCE IS CAPACITOR STORES. THESE ARE DEPENDENT UPON ADVANCES IN LOW LOSS, HIGH ENERGY/HIGH POWER DENSITY STORAGE MATERIALS. A UNIQUE INORGANIC COMPOSITE IS PROPOSED FOR INVESTIGATION AS A HIGH ENERGY DENSITY STORAGE MATERIAL. AN APPROACH IS FORMULATED BASED ON SOL-G ...

A high performance composite gimbal development and demonstration is proposed. This effort will build upon the successful Phase I demonstration of a 3-axis lightweight composite gimbal with precision stabilization and pointing capabilities. Key technology advances include higher overall stiffness through composite fabrication and bearing improvements, an upgraded sensing and processing architectur ...

In this proposal, INTRINSIC proposes unique and innovative technologies that will impact next generation epitaxy and device development, leading to innovative radar and RF products. Specifically, based on the successful proof of concept results obtained under the Phase I effort for developing 4-inch diameter high-purity semi-insulating (SI) SiC substrates, INTRINSIC welcomes the opportunity to ext ...

Fibertek Inc., is proposing to produce a high repetition rate fiber laser transmitter at 532nm to replace an existing low repetition rate laser source for MDA Ladar applications. This new transmitter increases the output power by a factor of twenty and increases the rate of pulse production one hundred times. In addition the transmitter architecture allows for sub-nanosecond pulses which are di ...

Reusing legacy software is a stumbling block that impedes cost-effective creation of new or updated software applications. This problem is squarely addressed here by a key innovation: rather than analyze legacy code from Ada, C++, FORTRAN, assembly, or other widely used languages directly, we represent the code and its operating environment in an XML model that is language independent and highly ...

In order to prove the concept of a miniature kill vehicle, many innovative techniques are being employed including the use of state of the art platform Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA) or systems on a chip. The schedule for flight testing of a miniature kill vehicle necessitates that the full tactical capability for environments must take a lower priority to concept demonstration in a relati ...

Glass is an attractive material for microelectronic packaging because it is hermetically sealing, has a low coefficient of thermal expansion, and is compatible with d.c. circuits. Unfortunately, the working temperature of glass is too high for this application. Low-temperature processing of a sol-gel derived, aluminosilicate material for hermetic seals is proposed for electronic packaging. This ...