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This effort will characterize the spatial structure and real world features of stressing atmospheric phenomena and develop techniques to efficiently represent these phenomena in optical/infrared background models. Our approach to this problem involves locating and identifying stressing backgrounds contained in measurements and extracting key clutter characteristics in a form that allows t ...

Leveraging on Agiltron's recent breakthrough in manufacturing low cost fiber optic digital delay lines and the drastic improvement in cost and performance of commercial optical transceivers, we propose to develop a practical fiber optic variable time delay based T/R integration module for microwave coherent distributed aperture and space-time coded phased array radars. The proposed approach overco ...

Aspen Systems Inc., proposes to investigate the feasibility of developing a protective coating material for ZnS that will have comparable mechanical properties of ALON, Spinel and Sapphire but will retain the extended regime transmission properties of multi-spectral ZnS. However, ZnS being a soft material with relatively poor mechanical strength and erosion resistance, it is essential to develop a ...

A new generation of high altitude airships (HAA) requires advanced materials and fabrication methods to achieve the weight, strength and durability requirement for long-term deployment. A new fabric joining approach is proposed to form strong, durable seams between textile components without incurring a large weight penalty. The new textile adhesive and application system are designed to perform ...

An advanced method is proposed for applying very uniform electrode coatings for Lithium Ion batteries. The method will improve distribution of active material in the electrode for enhanced energy and power density and longer cycle life. With increased control of coating distribution and thickness, and elimination of waste, overall battery yield in manufacturing is expected to increase with a conc ...

The Hardric Laboratories' program team for the development of Advanced, Lightweight On-Orbit Gimbal Structures (ALOGS), including of Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems (SAS) and Brush Wellman, understands that the pointing / line of sight accuracy that a space sensor system can achieve and the repeatability of that performance over time is greatly dependent on the structural and thermal character ...

Aircraft and missiles in flight require communication links with the ground for guidance, mid-course correction, targeting, and other data exchange functions. For small platforms, equipment for such data transfer must be light-weight, small and dissipate minimum prime power. This proposal addresses requirements for light-weight miniature transceivers. The proposed approach is based on utilizati ...

A manufacturing technique is developed to strategically embed thermal pyrolytic graphite (TPG) insert into copper graphite composite. TPG will then be located in the critical thermal path of phase array radar antenna slat so that the slat is allowed to be cooled from its edge. The enhancement of thermal performance by TPG insertion allows the antenna slat to be cooled at its edge while the advan ...

MMCC will manufacture its standard discontinuous graphite fiber reinforced Mg alloy AZ31 optimized to a CTE of 2 ppm/K for evaluation by Raytheon Missile Systems for EKV mirror and Be applications. Additionally, MMCC will provide Raytheon evaluation panels of its new products based upon filament winding of high modulus fibers that can be arranged with a zero CTE and 30% higher stiffness than Be i ...

Fiber Optic Gyroscopes (FOGs) are used extensively as rotation rate sensors in both inertial navigation systems, weapons guidance systems and gun mount stabilization platforms. A FOG consists of a long length of single mode, polarization maintaining (PM) optical fiber wound into a coil. Light from a semiconductor laser is launched into both ends of the coil to create two counter rotating light be ...