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Long-duration wide-area surveillance missions increasingly are space-based. MEO orbits offer space-based radar systems more time on station, but require very large array apertures on the order of 100m in diameter. Achieving larger apertures with smaller, lighter launch packages and stable on-orbit pointing is a challenge that E-Textiles promises to meet. Textile processes can be used to achieve a ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Background Each year in the US there are over Million Blood Cultures performed to determine the presence absence of viable microorganisms in the blood of patients suspected of having Blood Steam Infection BSI or Septicemia Current technology for Blood Cultures typically takes days to provide a result Our proposed system would enable the user to obt ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Phase II work proposed here involves the high-throughput proteome profiling of molecules associated with cardiovascular disease. Comparative profiling of disease-relevant species will lead to a marketable product - the PPM Cardiovascular Health and Wellness Report. Molecular profiling is accomplished using novel IMS-MS instrumentation and a three-minute an ...

Catastrophic failures in aircraft electrical power systems can compromise the readiness, safety, and capabilities of the war-fighter. In this effort, a multi-physics suite of tools will be developed based upon the successful Phase I research to provide a comprehensive prognostics and health management system (PHM) for aircraft generators and associated electrical systems. The PHM will be based upo ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Hospital acquired microbial infections are the fourth largest killer in America taking lives and adding $ B to hospital costs The emergence of drug resistant microbes has further amplified public health concern Fungi are prolific producers of anti microbial secondary metabolites SM and since the turn of the century have provided of bioactive m ...

USSOCOM has a need to provide high-resolution video imagery to the sensor operators of current and future gunships, other unmanned aircraft systems, and similar platforms, while supporting missions above an area of interest. The key factors driving this need are the ability to see beyond visual range of the main platform, assist sensors on the main platform to see through weather and to aid in mo ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Bladder cancer is the fourth most common cancer among men and the seventh most common cancer in women with a life expectancy of only five years after diagnosis Repair of advanced bladder cancer requires removal of the bladder and construction of a neo bladder or urinary conduit using autologous bowel These reconstructions have high chronic complications and c ...

The movement to more-electric architectures in airborne systems has drastically altered the dynamics of power flow in the EPS with the addition of numerous high-power electric loads and has increased the complexity of designing the electrical power system (EPS). Such high-power dynamic loads may cause undesirable system performance from both a dynamic-transient and a spectral-content (frequency-do ...

In both the commercial and military electronics markets, there is a continuing trend to reduce size, weight, and overall equipment costs, while at the same time increasing functionality and improving reliability of the electronic circuitry. Integrated circuit manufacturers have addressed this need by integrating greater functionality directly onto the silicon chips, thus yielding the System-on-Chi ...

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant Biologics manufacturing based on cell culture techniques represents a tremendous advance in the pharmaceutical industry The use of biological rather than chemical processes result in unique therapeutics with greater profitability a knowledge based barrier to entry and the ability to develop therapeutics targeted at specific subsets of the population i e p ...