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AbTech Corporation proposes to apply its unique abductive information modeling (AIMTM) technology to develop a sensor fusion demonstration for command, control, communication, computer and information systems. Phase I is the necessary and sufficient precursor to an operational disparate sensor fusion for C4I applications. Phase I will show the feasibility of using AIM to model sensor data, threats ...

The use of finite element analysis (FEA) modeling techniques to model both single hearing protection and double hearing protection noise attenuation will be refined during this Phase II program. Physically realistic, three-dimensional models ofcircumaural earcups and custom PVC earplugs will be created using the ABAQUS FEA software and coupled to fluid models of the ear canal geometries for a var ...

Currently, airbreathing propulsion systems which operate in the subsonic to high supersonic regime are expensive, complex and heavy. To overcome these limitations, a novel propulsion concept based on a liquid hydrocarbon-fueled Pulse Detonation Engine (PDE) is proposed. The innovation draws from recent successes in computational fluid dynamics and from several engineering studies and PDE develop ...

The purpose of this phase II SBIR effort is to further develop, optimize and commercialize the low-cost, innovative combination of the R&D 100 award winning water-soluble and non-water soluble tooling materials developed by Advanced Ceramics Research, Inc.(ACR) for the fabrication of polymer matrix composites. Specifically, the objectives of the phase II effort are to develop a tooling material co ...

Based on the success demonstrated in the Phase I programs, this Phase II program will transition AINS technology developed in the universities into various compelling demonstrations that demonstrate the robust advantages of AINS. In the four Phase Iprograms we were able to perform significant initial AINS technology

In support of the Navy's goal to develop the SWARM into a highly reliable, long-range aerial observation platform operable by minimally-trained Navy personnel, the capabilities of Phase II powerplants will be substantially expanded over those of Phase I.These powerplants will incorporate an on-board remotely operable starter-generator and computer-controlled fuel injection, enabling the engine to ...

A robust and accurate extension of an existing state-of-the-art steady-state compressible unstructured flow solver and grid generation package to include time-accurate simulation of multiple moving bodies is proposed. Improvedments to existing algorithms should enable the routine simulation of such problems as aircraft store separation phenomena. A discretization of the time-dependent Navier-Stoke ...

Phase I design, analysis and breadboarding efforts demonstrated the basic feasiblity of a highly efficient optical communications system for connecting fiber-optically networked sensor arrays. The proposed Phase II Program will demonstrate in hardware thehighly efficient, scalable transmitter, the azimuthally isotropic receiver, non-mechanical pointing and tracking, and very low power consumption ...

This laser utilizes an unique cavity and pumping design that will permit a much smaller, lighter-weight and lower power-consumption single-frequency laser. The cavity provides proper mode matching and cavity length using a much shorter distance thantypical linear laser cavities, and the pump approach minimizes diode and laser-crystal cooling requirements. The low overall power-consumption and com ...

The U.S. Navy has identified a need for development of an innovative data compression technique to facilitate distribution of video and animated environmental products over low bandwidth communication channels. To address this need, American Research Corporation of Virginia (ARCOVA) proposes the development of an intelligent data compression interface for transmission of video imagery, graphics an ...