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The proposed Phase II effort focuses on enhancing the design, development and analysis of a high voltage BST based varactors for tunable filter applications. High voltage BST varactors will enable wide tuning range filters with high quality factors and increased power handling and linearity. Advanced filter design techniques will also be leveraged to increase the effective quality factor of the fi ...

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The primary objective of this Phase II proposal is to further develop and demonstrate a lightweight passive power factor compensation unit utilizing advanced high-temperature magnetic materials and design techniques to achieve power quality improvement for a 65 kVA, 115V, 400-Hz aircraft power system. Based on identified system problems in the F-18 Super Hornet platform, the compensation system mu ...

Solid state RF and millimeter wave weapons systems require substantial power to operate. Pure solid state systems have limited energy density and require charging over the typical use cycle. The directed energy system must be compact enough to mount on a vehicle such as a HMMWV, a small trailer or a structure such as found within an embassy compound. Current power systems are much too large and he ...

Modern and next generation military aircraft face increasing challenges as thermal demands grow while available heat sinks reduce. Legacy platforms upgraded with advanced electrical systems are also encountering similar thermal constraints. Modeling and simulation (M&S) tools provide a cost-effective solution to the design, analysis, and optimization of growing thermal management challenges, but t ...

Secondary power system components such as gearboxes are de-painted each year as part of routine maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) activities. Current paint removal processes current process for paint removal involves soaking the parts in a toxic chemical solvent, followed by media blasting. The chemicals and blast media are expensive, and the time required to complete a depainting operation w ...

Adranos has developed the capability to extend the range and payload capacity of hypersonic weapons and increase the payload capacity of space launch systems through its high-performance solid rocket propellant called ALITEC. This capability can give the US a critical competitive advantage through range overmatch with hypersonics and through a lower cost per kilogram launched in a space launch veh ...

The following tasks are to be executed by the contractor in support of NAVAIR Materials Engineering Division AIR 4.3.4 and NAVSEA 04X3 Tactical Innovation Implementation Laboratory (TIIL). These tasks are in support of evaluating high pressure cold spray technology for the repair of A356 and E357 cast components, allowing the dimensional restoration and return to service of the components. The tas ...

The Phase 1 goal for the Blockchain Approach for Supply Chain Additive Manufacturing Parts (BASECAMP) proposal is to use the SIMBA Chain blockchain framework [1] to create a demonstration prototype showing a blockchain approach for the registration and tracking of Additive Manufacturing (AM) components during their entire lifecycle. The registration of AM components will consist of a hardware and ...

The objective of this proposal is to investigate the feasibility of a pilot project that demonstrates the benefits of secure monitoring of individual high-value assets such as precision-guided munitions or pharmaceutical samples using our Dachshund solution. The Air Force acquires and manages many individual high-value and sensitive assets such as munitions, electronic warfare systems, etc. These ...