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The Navy wants the capability of firing over twenty missiles with Mark 72 boosters compared to about a dozen today, which will require a different ablative material than what is currently used. A solution to this problem is needed to get ahead of the curve for the future fleet operations. There is an opportunity to develop new ablative materials for the Mark 41 Vertical Launch System (VLS) with th ...

The Navy wants the capability of firing over twenty missiles with Mark 72 boosters compared to about a dozen today, which will require a different ablative material than what is currently used. A solution to this problem is needed to get ahead of the curve for the future fleet operations. There is an opportunity to develop new ablative materials for the Mark 41 Vertical Launch System (VLS) with th ...

The gas turbine engine in the Army Abrams tank, the Honeywell AGT-1500, is currently experiencing stall and surge related failures of the fourth stage Low Pressure Compressor (LPC). These failures require the removal and overhaul of the tank’s powerpack costing the Army up to $200,000 per event. While all gas turbine compressors run the risk of stalling under non-ideal inlet or operational condi ...

MAX phases are an important class of layered machinable ternary carbides and nitrides that exhibit a unique combination of ceramic and metal properties. In 2011, a new family of two-dimensional (2D) transition metal carbides, nitrides, and carbonitrides – called MXenes – was discovered via selective etching of the ‘A’ element from MAX phases. Texas Biochemicals Inc., has ...

PROCESSING OF SAR DATA IN REAL TIME REQUIRES HIGH SPEED COMPUTATION DEVICES CURRENTLY BEYOND THE STATE-OF-THE-ART OF CONVENTIONAL METHODS. DESIRED PROCESSORS MUST ALSO BE SMALL, RUGGED AND LOW POWER TO BE DEPLOYED ON AIRCRAFT. OPTICAL TECHNIQUES CAN SATISFY THESE REQUIREMENTS WITH IMAGINATIVE ARCHITECTURES. THIS PROPOSAL PRESENTS AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH FOR REAL TIME SAR IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION THAT C ...

This project will focus on developing, constructing, and demonstrating operational readiness of a combined compact Active Headrest(AH) and a lightweight Acoustic Meta Material(AMM) curtain for reducing noisein submarine bunks environments to specified DON sound levels. Both AH and AMM have been developed as products by SMD, team member FTI, and commercialization partner Harman International forhos ...

Metron, Inc. (Metron) proposes an Adaptable Interface for sensor level modeling and simulation tools that makes use of customized, native tool specific plug-ins to allow for a seamless, initiative user interface (UI). This tool would be linked to Metrons existing System of Systems (SoS) Mission Level Modeling tool Archer in order to more completely support fully integrated SoS capability.

Texas Research Institute Austin, Inc. (TRI/Austin) will develop a composite standardized payload canister that will support rapid integration of payloads into the forward Virginia Payload Tubes (VPT) or Virginia Payload Module (VPM) tubes. The composite material standardized payload canister shall have universal connections and fittings that will interface between the individual payload tubes with ...

ACES IS AN INTEGRATED CONTROL SYSTEM WHICH USES CONVENTIONAL AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TECHNIQUES FOR AUTOMATED ASSISTANCE TO THE OPTIMIZATION OF AIR COMBAT COMMUNICATIONS CAPABILITIES. ACES CONTROLLERS ARE ELEMENTS OF EACH COMBAT WEAPONS AND C2 ENVIRONMENTS NODE WHICH CAN SENSE BOTH THE ELECTROMAGNETIC ENVIRONMENT AND THE QUALITATIVE DEMANDS FOR COMMUNICATIONS AT NODES AND WITHIN NETWORKS. ACES ...