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We introduce an innovative laser which brings inherently new capabilities to lidar that were not available with other coherent lidar laser sources. The unique design of this laser allows production of a greater range of pulse widths and energies than was previously obtainable from a single source. This 1.56 um eye-safe laser utilizes an intracavity Solid State Raman Shifter (SSRS) which is pumpe ...

Ultrafast imaging is an important need for the development, control and evaluation of modern air-deliverable weapons systems. Recent advances in optical imaging such as speckle interferometry can potentially improve DoD capability to deliver munitions and armaments to targets at long ranges, and under adverse seeing conditions. Moderate density arrays of at least 100 x 100 pixels, and frame rate ...

Technical planners are required to prioritize the development of new systems technologies relative to user needs. Designs for these new systems typically only exist at the conceptual or preliminary design level, yet trade studies must be performed to assess cost and effectiveness, as well as overall affordability. Bottoms up estimating techniques cannot be used without performing a complete deta ...

The topic presented in this proposal has direct application to the development and demonstration of high Mach combined cycle engines. The proposed effort would allow the coupling of a pulse detonation engine (PDE) with a realistic solid fueled gas generator. The specific key technical problems identified in this proposal are the absence of experimental gas generator effluent detonability informat ...

This Phase I SBIR will investigate the feasibility of producing reliable High-Resolution Satellite Cloud Climatologies (HRSCC's) from meteorological satellite imagery. There is currently NO DoD HRSCC dtatbase which meets the requirements for medium and long-range cloud forecasts. The HRSCC's show the frequency of occurence of cloud cover, spatial distribution of clouds, and cloud cover amount, and ...

The research and development (R&D) costs and more importantly the projected production costs of airborne fighter aircraft, multi-mode radars are increasing significantly. Albeit, the performance and reliability are also increasing. Ways reducing these costs without reducing the other CRISP (Cost, Reliability, Installation, Supportability and Performance) costs are necessary. The radar ...

This Phase I SBIR proposal plans to first identify modeling methodologies that are applicable to real-time data acquisition. Information agents will be developed to discover and isolate discrete and continuous features within materials process data. Process discovery implemented through the information agents will allow the continuous features of a process to be identified and grouped ...

The objective of this project is to design a fractual object based image database system which enables video insertion into real time simulation systems. A cost/benefit analysis of the design will be performed to determine the utility of implementing the design in Phase II. Requirements for the Fractal Object Database System will be determined in consultation with the Sponsor and from interactio ...

The lifetime of turbine engine airfoils is of major importance to the Air Force, commercial engine manufacturers, and commercial airlines. Foreign object damage (FOD) and high cycle fatigue are serious concerns because they can result in the destruction of the engine, loss of expensive aircraft, and loss of life. It is imperative that improvements be made in the design and fabrication of airfoil ...

Control of vortices on the leading edge of an airfoil has the potential to decrease drag and increase lift by decreasing the pressure on the forward facing and upper airfoil surfaces. A novel microactuator is proposed which allows for arbitrarily large displacements to be achieved. The actuator is also mechanically robust as compared to "conventional" silicon-based microactuators. Large arrays ...