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Musculoskeletal pain and discomfort are prevalent issues for naval pilots and aircrew, particularly within the rotary wing community where a combination of poor seat ergonomics and cockpit design result in airframes that actively promote poor posture and induce high rates of musculoskeletal fatigue. There is a critical need for a functional solution that can be rapidly implemented to reduce the in ...

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DDL OMNI Engineering proposes to design a secure system for the continuous, real time acoustic measurement of towed array position relative to the host submarine. By using focused transmit and receive assemblies, pseudo- random spread broadband signals, and relatively high carrier frequency, the transmission level will be minimized so as to be virtually undetectable by a non-dedicated system ...

Composite materials find increasing importance as structural materials for modern lightweight and low cost aircraft. Structures using composite materials essentially rely on the integrity of adhesive bonds for their structural stability. A major limitation in employing composites in critical structures is that the existing methods of testing the integrity of structures are not adequate to a ...

The overall objective of the proposed research is to develop bistatic detection techniques for shallow water near land warfare operations. The focus of our proposed research is to achieve detection enhancement in environments characterized by dense multipath through application of optimal detection theory coupled with accurate acoustic modeling. The first specific objective is to consider alternat ...

Inflatable structures are used throughout the military to create rapidly deployable and functional tools that fit within the expeditionary framework of modern military forces. Inflatables enable a deployed structure to be magnitudes larger than its pack-volume by leveraging internal air pressure to apply a tensile force to fibers, providing structural integrity to an otherwise soft textile assem ...

The standard 1553 Bus Controller and related engine test facility improvements will give NAPC a standard controller interface for testing engines equipped with FADECS. This effort will make hardware and software improvements to the operator station to add real-time data display, consistent operator test control, record/playback functions and rapid configuration change capabilities. The application ...

Service Robotics & Technologies (SRT) proposes leveraging our existing software product, the M1 Hardware Portal (the M1), to meet the specific needs of the US Navy for Facility Health Monitoring and Prioritization for building structures, machinery, and support components. For the proposed Phase I, SRT's M1 will act as a foundational building block for the development of a TRL 6 prototype system t ...

This project proposes preliminary investigations to prove the feasibility of four techniques for improving Adaptive Beamforming performance in littoral environments. Emphasis is placed on tradeoffs between algorithm efficiency and performance. The littoral acoustic environment is characterized by near and far field targets and dense dynamic near and far field directional interference at man ...