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THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS SBIR EFFORT IS TO DEVELOPE AN IR SCRENE PROJECTOR BASED UPON IR LASER DIODES WHICH CAN BE USED IN HWIL SIMULATIONS TO TEST MISSILE SYSTEMS. THE GOAL OF THE PHASE I EFFORT IS TO DEVELOPE A SINGLE CHANNEL LASER DIODE IR PROJECTION SYSTEM TO DEMONSTRATE THE PERFORMANCE CAPABILITIES OF THE TUNABLE DIODE LASERS. THIS DOCUMENT PRESENTS AEGIS RESEARCH'S PROPOSAL FOR THE PHASE I EFFO ...

FUTURE COMBAT VEHICLES WILL EMPLOY MODULAR ARMOR PROTECTION SYSTEMS THAT CAN BE CHANGED TO MEET DIFFERENT THREAT LEVELS. THESE ADVANCED ARMOR UNITS WILL BE MOUNTED AND DISMOUNTED FROM THE BASIC VEHICLE STRUCTURE, AS NEEDED TO MEET PROTECTION REQUIREMENTS. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS EFFORT IS TO DEVELOP INNOVATIVE ATTACHMENT CONCEPTS AND METHODS FOR MOUNTING THE MODULAR ARMOR PROTECTION UNITS TO THE BAS ...

IN GENERAL, PROTEINS FOLD WITH HYDROPHOBIC RESIDUES BURIED, AWAY FROM WATER. REVERSIBLE PROTEIN FOLDING DUE TO HYDROPHOBIC INTERACTIONS RESULTS FROM INVERSE TEMPERATURE TRANSITIONS WHERE FOLDING OCCURS ON RAISING THE TEMPERATURE. SINCE WARM-BLOODED ANIMALS PROVIDE AN INFINITE HEAT RESERVOIR, THE TRANSITION TEMPERATURE, TT, NOT THE ENDOTHERMIC HEAT, DETERMINES THE FOLDED STATE AT PHYSIOLOGICAL TEMP ...

THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO DETERMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF DEVELOPING CLASS 28 IO KW (12.5 EVA) AND 30 KW (37.5 KVA) AUXILIARY POWER UNITS THAT ARE LIGHTER THAN PRESENT M D INVENTORY WITH 120 VOLT A.C. - 3% AT 60 HZ AT A .8 POWER FACTOR THAT HAVE MAXIMUM NOISE LEVELS OF 7SDB (A) AT ONE METER OUTSIDE OF THE SHELTER AND SSDB (A) INSIDE THE HUMAN FACTORS COMPARTMENT. VIBRATIONAL OSCILLATION IS ...

The basic scientific understanding acquired in development of electrokinetic remediation technology displays its potential in insitu removal of heavy metals, radionuclides and some organic chemicals from soils. One specific problem associated with the current processing technique is precipitation of the metal close to the cathode as a metal hydroxide. When this precipitate forms a lowly conductive ...

EXPLORATORY DEVELOPMENT OF AN ADVANCED, DIRECT AIR SAMPLING GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY (GC) MODULE IS PROPOSED. THE GC RIODULE CAN BE READILY COMBINED WITH EXISTING ION MOBILITY SPECTROMETRY (INS) EQUIPMENT FOR DETECTING AND MONITORING CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS, E.G., THE CAM (CHEMICAL AGENT MONITOR) CURRENTLY ADOPTED BY SEVERAL NATO MEMBER STATES. THE GC MODULE INCORPORATES A NOVEL, AMBIENT AIR SAMPLING DE ...

THE HIGH ENERGY LASER SYSTEM TEST FACILITY (HELSTF) OPERATED BY THE ARMY ON THE WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE (WSMR) IN NEW MEXICO IS CONDUCTING VULNERABILITY AND LETHALITY EFFECTS (VLE) TESTS ON NUMEROUS MATERIALS USING HIGH ENERGY LASERS (HEL). IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THE VULNERABILITY OF THESE MATERIALS, IT IS NECESSARY TO KNOW THE INTENSITY PROFILE AND/OR ENERGY PROFILE OF THE LASER BEAM ON THE TARG ...

A compact x-ray laser driver with a high repetition rate is the subject of this phase I project. Most existing x-ray laser drivers are huge (1000s of square feet of floor space), expensive ($10,000,000+), have a low repetition rate (1/hr), are complex and require several PhDs to keep them working. Thus applications of present x-ray lasers are limited. In contrast, the proposed laser will occupy on ...

IN ORDER TO OVERCOME THE LIMITATIONS OF PRESENT HIGH POWER MICROWAVE SOURCES, A NEW TYPE OF PULSE POWER SYSTEM IS PROPOSED AS THE MOTIVE POWER FOR HIGH POWER MICROWAVE GENERATORS. BY BUILDING UP A DC HIGH POWER SOURCE FROM A NUMBER OF DC HIGH VOLTAGE MODULES WHICH ARE NESTED INSIDE ONE ANOTHER, VERY HIGH VOLTAGES CAN BE PRODUCED IN SMALL PACKAGES. NO TWO CONDUCTORS NEED TO BE INSULATED FOR VOLTAGE ...

THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO DEVELOP AN ULTRA HIGH-SPEED OPTOELECTRONIC SIGNAL PROCEESOR BASED ON OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS TO ACHIEVE ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE IMPROVEMENT IN THE PERFORMANCE OF COMPUTING AND SIGNAL PROCESSING SYSTEMS AND SUITABLE FOR MANY APPLICATIONS SUCH AS: OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING AND COMPUTING, SURVEILLANCE, TRACKING, ACQUISITION, AND KILL ASSESSMENT. THE CLOCK SPEEDS OF ALL-E ...