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A RESEARCH EFFORT COMPLETED RECENTLY FOR THE AIR FORCE IDENTIFIED NEW TECHNOLOGIES FOR ANGULAR MOTION MEASUREMENT. TWO CONCEPTS WERE FOUND WHICH APPEAR TO OFFER POTENTIAL FOR AN EXCELLENT COMBINATION OF SMALL SIZE, WIDE DYNAMIC RANGE, WIDE BANDWIDTH AND EASE OF FABRICATION AND UTILIZATION. ONE DEVICE, CALLED A FLUID-FILLED BENDER BEAM, USES PIEZOCERAMICELEMENTS TO PRODUCE A SIGNAL PROPORTIONAL TO ...

WE WILL DETERMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF IMPROVED METHODS FOR DETERMING AIR CONTENT IN FRESH CONCRETE. WE EXPECT THAT A STUDY OF VOLUME CHANGE WITH VARYING PRESSURE AND VACUUM WILL LEAD TO A METHOD THAT WILL INDICATE BOTH AIR CONTENT AND VOID SIZE, AND YIELD AIR CONTENTS THAT T ARE UNAFFECTED BY THE NONTHEORETICAL COMPRESSIBILITY OF SMALL VOIDS. WE WILL DETERMINE THE FEACIBILITY OF SIMPLER METHODS OF ...

THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOT) IS REQUIRED TO MAIN- TAIN THE NATION'S BRIDGES AND ENSURE THEIR SAFETY. HOWEVER,A LARGE NUMBER OF BRIDGES HAVE NOT BEEN RECENTLY INSPECTED TO DETERMINE IF THEY ARE CAPABLE OF SAFELY SUPPORTING THE TRAFFIC THAT IS CROSSING THEM. THE CURRENT METHOD OF SURVEYING BRIDGES, TO DETERMINE THEIR STRESS CONDITION, IS COSTLY AND TIME-CONSUMING. THIS PROGRAM WILL DEVELOP ...

A LOW COST MEASUREMENT MODULE TAILORED TO THE APPLICATION OFSENSING RAIL LONGITUDINAL STRESS AND TEMPERATURE IS TO BE DEVELOPED AND INSTALLED IN TWO EXISTING TEST SITES. RESEARCH INTO THE BEST METHOD OF GENERATING POWER AND COMMUNICATING TO THE OUTSIDE WORLD WITHOUT HARD-WIRED CONNECTIONS IS TO BE DETERMINED. A PROTOTYPE OF THE NON-HARD-WIRED CONFIGURATION IS EXPECTED TO BE BUILT AND INSTALLED.

The Phase II effort builds on Phase I. Phase II starts with an integrated product and process design and engineering analysis of the baseline structure described in the Phase I report and variants that may reduce cost and risk. The emphasis is on use ofnonlinear FEA with continuum analysis to handle stiffeners, window frames, and connectors. After review and approval by SOCOM, the design is fab ...

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Traditionally the Air Force Special Operations Forces (AFSOF) physically measures assault zone characteristics such as physical dimensions, magnetic orientation, coordinates, obstacles, elevation, weight-bearing capacity of the soil, soil composition,surface tolerances, clearances, and roughness, terminal navigation aid suitability, etc. It is labor intensive and the operator would be exposed to t ...

Small satellites have proven capable and cost effective, and innovative payloads and technologies will expand the mission space that CubeSats can support. ATA proposes to build a CubeSat-sized laser communications prototype payload, adapting high photon efficiency optical communications techniques to achieve data transfer rates up to 100 mega-bits per second (Mbps) with the small apertures require ...

MaXentric proposes the GAU2x2 wideband power amplifier system. The design combines MaXentric’s wideband RF PA technology with advanced digital signal processing in a single small footprint package. This tight integration is made possible through the extremely high efficiency and low power dissipation. Since very little power is dissipated as heat, the package and heat sink size can be minimized. ...

In consultation with Jason Coletta, USSOCOM/SOF AT&L, details of this contract are classified. Refer to the USSOCOM/SOF AT&L for any questions.