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Luna Innovations will determine the feasibility of developing a light weight energy dense Zn-hybrid biological fuel cell that is capable of powering small unmanned systems (UAS’s) and small UAS’s in the field. The proposed Zn-hybrid biological fuel cell will provide significant improvements in power generation, stability, and life time over current Li-ion battery technologies, resulting in a ...

Wind noise in outdoor measuemetn micropnones can mask an acoustic signal. Windscreens provide some wind noise reduction; however, those typically used for outdoor applications provide noise reductions of approximately 10-15 dB. Planning Systems Incorporated (PSI) proposes to design and test a Multiple Aperture Sensor System (MASS) consisting of a microphone, a processor, and data acquisitio and ...

Thermally stable, high frequency capacitors are necessary for development of more compact, high power electronics for use in high performance weapons systems. Mechanically and thermally robust capacitors are needed to increase the temperature range and reduce thermal management issues in compact aerospace power conditioning applications. Capacitors can occupy up to 30 percent of the volume in po ...

The production of semi-conductor wafers is a multibillion dollar industry. The 1996 worldwide semiconductor market is estimated at $162 billion with a growth potential to $309 billion by the year 2000. Thus, even a small improvement in control during the manufacturing process could have a large impact on the economic viability of many companies and products. A critical factor in all semiconduct ...

WE PROPOSE TO DEVELOP A REPETITIVE, FAST-OPENING SWITCH FOR PULSED-POWER APPLICATIONS EMPLOYING SATURABLE MAGNETIC MATERIALS. THIS TECHNOLOGY HAS PROVEN EFFECTIVE AND RELIABLE IN ELECTRONIC SWITCHING SYSTEMS (ESS) USED IN TELEPHONE EXCHANGES. FOR PHASE I WE WILL DESIGN A PROOF- OF-PRINCIPLE EXPERIMENT; OPTIMIZING THE DESIGN, WHILE TAKING INTO ACCOUNT CONSIDERATIONS OF COST. SUCH A SYSTEM WOULD BE ...

DURING PHASE I MISSION RESEARCH CORPORATION PROPOSES TO PERFORM A STUDY OF THE UTILITY OF CAVITY RESONATORS TO INCREASE THE EFFICIENCY AND MODIFY THE BANDWIDTH OF MICROWAVE EMMISSION FROM THE VIRCATOR. THE RESEARCH WILL INCLUDE BOTH A THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL EFFORT. NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS OF THE CAVITY DESIGN WILL BE CARRIED OUT USING A THREE DIMENSIONAL FULLY RELATIVISTIC AND ELECTROMAGNETIC ...

Metron proposes to design, develop, test and demonstrate algorithms for automatically detecting and tracking human activity from low contrast, monochrome imagery, such as from airborne mid-wave infrared (MWIR) cameras, in which the human objects of interest may be as small as a single pixel. There are three principle components: (1) image rectification and registration algorithms to align consecut ...

Nuvotronics has created a unique Polystrata™ metal micromachining process, used to create suspended recta-coax lines, high performance MMIC sockets, and millimeter-wave (MMW) interconnection circuits with low loss, small size/high density, and durability. Nuvotronics and their collaborators are proposing to develop high power, high efficiency V-band Solid State Amplifiers for future Military Sa ...

In this Phase I project, NanoSonic would perform trade studies for multiple antenna systems meeting the wide field-of-view and multiple beam aperture set forth in this solicitation. An initial design for a phased array and reflectarray would be performed; in this task NanoSonic would work with a major US defense prime with a long history in the military satellite industry. In establishing performa ...

The process of readying a satellite for its operational service role once deployed from the launch vehicle can be an extremely time consuming process when employing traditional approaches – particularly for complex imaging sensors that require the manipulation of many controls to converge on the ability to acquire data products of sufficient quality to be militarily useful. The types of ground-d ...