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A novel coating technology is proposed for increased wear and improved li fe and reliability of commutator bars in electrical sliding devices found in manned and unmanned underwater vehlilles. Diamond-Like Nanocomposite (DLN) coatings represent a famil Of thiWrfilms that bxhibit unique combinations of technologically interesting properties including high adhesion to virtually any substrate (inclu ...

A preliminary design for a despun control section for a spinning cannon launched projectile will be developed. It will incorporate the electronic packaging scheme of IDC (patent pending) and a variant of the CHAMP system that has been under development by Sanders for 10 years. The proposed design will be ultra-lightweight, extremely compact, very strong and inexpensive. System design issues wil ...

Navy fiber optic connectors use a heat cured adhesive to hold the fiber within the connector ferrule. A cure time of twenty minutes at 120¿ C is currently required. A fast curing (< 3 minutes), room temperature cure adhesive with physical properties that meet the current specification (MIL-A-24792) would result in substantial time and cost savings during connector installation. Texas Res ...

Flight deck maintenance crews frequently remove and replace aircraft access panels just prior to takeoff. Complete and rapid sealing of these panels is critical to corrosion prevention. Fasteners are currently sealed with a two component formulation which is often incompletely cured at takeoff. During the flight, air flow pushes the uncured sealant away, and corrosion protection is compromi ...

The Navy is imposing weight limits on the Cooperative Engagement (CeC) Program, the electronic equipment racks presently used by the Navy are very heavy and expensive to produce, this Program will develop a lightweight rack which will meet the operational requirements and be less expensive to product. Military systems are becoming increasingly complex and have to meet a larger arra of requirement ...

Throughput has been an issue for embedded and stand-alone real-time systems for many years. Systems rarely exhibit the performance necessary for successful operation in the field without significant rework to reduce time requirements after the initial software development. SPS proposes Project Tempus to develop a software measure that predicts the performance of a real-time system early in its d ...

THIS PROPOSAL ADDRESSES THE NEED TO PROVIDE AN AUTOMATIC BEST SOURCE SELECTION OR BEST DATA ESTIMATE FOR UP TO SIX SPACE-DIVERSIFIED SOURCES OF TELEMETRY DATA. AN AUTOMATED BEST SOURCE SELECTOR IS PROPOSED WHICH MEETS THE REQUIREMENT WITH THREE OUTPUT MODES; A BEST SOURCE SELECTION, A BEST ESTIMATE VIA MAJORITY VOTING, AND COMBINED MODE WHICH AUTOMATICALLY OUTPUTS THE BEST SOURCE WHEN AT LEAST ONE ...

A GOAL OF ERYTHROCYTE HYPOTHERMIC PRESERVATION IS TO DEVELOP A NONTOXIC, METABOLIZABLE CRYOPROTECTANT TO DECREASE THE INHERENT CYTOTOXICITY AND TO MINIMIZE OR ELIMINATE THE COSTLY AND TIME CONSUMING CELL WASHING PROCEDURES POSTTHAW. WE PROPOSE THAT CRYOPROTECTANTS BE ELIMINATED OR USED AT MINIMAL CONCENTRATIONS BY VITRIFYING (FREEZING WITHOUT ICE CRYSTALS) RED CELLS BY ULTRARAPID COOLING, AND THEN ...

A SHALLOW WATER SONAR SYSTEM WILL BE DESIGNED AND ANALYZED USING A UNIQUE RAY-BASED SHALLOW WATER PROPAGATION AND REVERBERATION MODEL. THE BASELINE CANDIDATE SYSTEM IS A PLANAR ARRAY SONAR IN A VDS CONFIGURATION. THE ARRAY USES LIGHTWEIGHT CYLINDRICAL TRANSMITTING ELEMENTS AND DIFAR RECEIVING ELEMENTS TO ACHIEVE EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE IN A COMPACT CONFIGURATION. ITS SIZE AND WEIGHT ARE APPROPRIATE ...

A NEW TYPE OF LIQUID CRYSTAL MATERIAL, POLYMER DISPERSED LIQUID CRYSTALS (PDLC), WILL BE DEVELOPED FOR USE AS A HEADS-UP DISPLAY. THIS PROPOSAL IS CENTERED ON RECENT DRAMATIC ADVANCES IN LIQUID CRYSTAL TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATED BY THESE PDLC UNITS. THESE NEW MATERIALS EXHIBIT EXCELLENT TRANSMISSION (>90%) IN THE POSITIVE CLEAR MODE, ALONG WITH RAPID RESPONSE TIME (\1 MILLISECOND) AND LOW VOLTAGE (\3 ...