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During Phase I, the Blackhawk hanger bearing and oil cooler fan bearing applications were studied in detail, including analysis of vibration and temperature data from used oil cooler bench tests (conducted by Sikorsky) and used hanger bearing bench tests (conducted by Sentient). This data, along with an analysis of operational and environmental conditions, has allowed us to identify the probable r ...

The objective of this SBIR project is to develop and commercialize a protective overcoat passivation process for wafer−level sealing of Monolithic Microwave/Millimeter wave IC (MMIC). The scarce supply of hermetic packaging choices and the high cost of mil−spec integrated circuit (IC) components used in military and aerospace applications have sparked research focused on using commercial off� ...

ITN will leverage its patented solid-state flexible secondary lithium battery and photovoltaic (PV) technology to develop enabling innovative integrated power systems for man-portable applications. This power system will provide 50 W for more than 4 hours with solar energy conversion, recharging, power management and power storage. ITN will develop an integrated flexible PV/secondary battery power ...

Air platform and weapon navigation systems encounter situations where GPS signal reception is deteriorated, making the position and time information less reliable or unavailable. In the event of jamming, GPS can even be totally denied under some conditions which prohibits access to precision positioning data for navigation, guidance or targeting. Future air platforms and weapons will carry next ...

The primary focus of the proposed Phase II effort is to further understand the BiPolymeric™ phenomenon, thus enabling increased deployment capabilities, and the engineering of BiPolymeric™ solid-state actuators and mechanisms suitable for practical use. The proposed effort includes material development focused on enhancing the BiPolymeric™ effect through the incorporation of nano-reinforcem ...

The proposed navigation solution for a small UAV in a GPS denied environment uses an image-aided navigation method for overcoming GPS denial. Under the Phase I effort, methods for robust extraction of landmark models were developed to allow automatic generation of a scene object database for use by an airborne system. A correlation-based approach to provide velocity aiding using imagery was develo ...

This Phase II proposal outlines a research, development, and field test plan to complete a novel diagnostic sensor for gas turbine/augmented aircraft engines, the ZoloTASS, based on wavelength multiplexed tunable diode laser spectroscopy (WM-TDLAS). The sensor's attributes include that it is totally fiber-coupled, non-contact, and non-invasive. The proposed sensor will aid in the design, developme ...

The US Navy is seeking improved capabilities to quickly and efficiently generate 3-D target templates (or “site models”) to support such operational systems as the Tomahawk Command and Control Systems (TC2S), Distributed Common Ground Station-Navy (DCGS-N), and collateral damage assessment (e.g., CDET and FastCD). There are two parts of interest. The first is to extract valid and reliable 2-D ...

The lack of an active sensor for ranging eliminates the airburst capability on many existing conventional weapons used for impact and penetrating missions. The Air Force has a desire to add a height of burst (HOB) capability to these weapons in order to expand their operational use. FIRST RF recognizes the need for a fuzing system with the real beam accuracy of MMW frequencies, the foliage penetr ...

The objective of this project is to develop a space qualified bulk memory system that focuses on reducing weight, power, volume and cost of existing memory systems while increasing memory capacity and input data rates to meet requirements of future military and commercial space applications. This phase II project will develop and demonstrate key board level components addressing SBIR target goals ...