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Luna Innovations proposes the development of a novel Web-Interfaced Nanotechnology Environmental Safety and Health (ESH) Guidance System—WINGS™—that will provide Air Force personnel with streamlined access to strategies and tools for managing emerging ESH risks and for exchanging vital information throughout a community of approved peers and ‘trusted’ resources. Comprehensive guidance m ...

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 ...

X-COM Systems’ proposed solution is a comprehensive system for data acquisition, storage and playback of wideband RF signals. This design utilizes advancements in FGPA technology, A/D, D/A, and storage circuitry to create a Wideband RF recorder with well-defined communication interfaces for three major subsystems – acquisition, storage and playback. Scalability is emphasized throughout the de ...

IBRs represent a great advance for military aero-engine performance. However increased performance has its price: high manufacturing costs and difficulty with in-service repair. Linear friction welding (LFW) and/or high speed machining have reduced manufacturing costs, but service repairs are still significant cost and technical challenges. Current technologies under development include LFW, l ...

The recent outbreak of E. coli only served to remind us of the vulnerability of our food production. It stirred memories of an amateur bio-terror attack using salmonella in local salad bars in an attempt to influence a local election in Oregon. In handling any bio-terrorism event, there are two facets to consider, pre-event crisis management and post-event consequence management. Crisis management ...

The project objective are to develop a new software method for the dynamic analysis of aircraft and to prove the potential of unique high angle of attack Leading Edge Vortex Control (LEVC) devices. The software method will be an upgrade of a current computer code. The upgrade will include the effects of hysteresis during dynamic stall. New methods recently published employing state-spac ...

Investigation of failed composite components requires tress analysis to assess their structural integrity. Currently there exist no general-purpose software packages for composite structural analysis that are accessible to failure investigators who are not experts in these types of analysis. The proposed research and development effort will fill this void with a flexible user friendly, PC-based ...

We describe laser communication concepts that result in an untethered Helmet Mounted Display (HMD) virtual reality system. Current systems limit user mobility by requiring wired communication connections between the HMD and the system computer. Our proposed concepts replace the tether with wireless optical communication links. A high-data-rate forward link is provided to carry digital video data ...

PacAstro has shown that significant cost reduction and operational advantages are possible for small orbital and suborbital mission using a simple pressure fed, LOX/Kerosene vehicle configuration. Under private and government funding, we have begun development of the engine which is critical to realize extremely low cost, highly reliable and highly capable space transportation. Beginning with a p ...

Southwest Sciences Inc., in collaboration with the University of Texas, propose to develop a versatile multipass cell for optical absorption and spontaneous Raman measurements of flames. This new design will achieve over 100 passes with a tight central spatial footprint for Raman studies as well as be fully configurable for differing working distances and laser sources.