Award Data

FUTURE U.S. AIR FORCE MISSIONS WILL REQUIRE THE DEVELOPMENT OF LARGE FLEXIBLE SPACE STRUCTURES. EARTH-BOUND TEST FACILITIES, SIMULATING THE OUTERSPACE WEIGHTLESS, VACUUM, AND SEVERE HEAT GAIN-LOSS ENVIRONMENT, ARE NECESSARY IN THE R&D OF LIGHTWEIGHT AND FLEXIBLE SPACE STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING DESIGNS. HOWEVER, RECENT ATTEMPTS IN CREATING THE WEIGHTLESS ENVIRONMENT USING VARIOUS METHODS, SUCH AIR FLO ...

YIELECTRIC COATINGS ON VEHICLES CAN ALTER THEIR RADAR IMAGE SIGNIFICANTLY. THIS PROPOSAL IS DIRECTED TO DETERMINING NUMERICALLY THE REFLECTIVITY FOR AN OBJECT COVERED BY A DIELECTRIC LAYER. A CALCULATION WILL BE DONE USING BASIC PHYSICAL PRINCIPLES TO DEFINE THE THEORETICAL BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEM FOR THE DIELECTRIC LAYER. THE SOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEM WILL BE OBTAINED NUMERICALLY USING MATRIX INVER ...

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 ...

N/A

MICROWAVE MONOLITHICS INCORPORATED (MMINC>), WITH TEXTRON DEFENSE SYSTEMS ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY CENTER (TEXTRON) AS SUBCONTRACTOR, PROPOSES A SIX MONTH PHASE I PROGRAM TO IDENTIFY AND BEGIN DEVELOPMENT OF THOSE KEY WIDEBAND GAAS MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUIT (MMIC) COMPONENTS WHICH WOULD HAVE MAXIMUM IMPACT ON RE-ENTRY VEHICLE (RV) PENETRATION AID PERFORMANCE, SIZE, WEIGHT, AND EFFICIENCY. ...

N/A

A REQUIREMENT EXISTS FOR PROTECTING ICBM WEAPON SYSTEM VEHICLES FROM EMERGING RADAR DIRECTED THREATS DURING THE POST BOOST GLIDE, RE-ENTRY VEHICLE DEPLOYMENT, AND FINAL BALLISTIC FLIGHT STAGES. THE ELECTRONICS REQUIRED FOR PERFORMING SUCH A TASK FACE MANY CONFLICTING REQUIREMENTS INCLUDING WIDEBAND OPERATION, SEVERE OPERATING ENVIRONMENTS, MINIMUM SIZE, WEIGHT, AND POWER CONSUMPTION, AND HIGHLY RE ...

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 ...

Our goal under the combined Phase I - Phase II program would be to deliver an OPO-based system demonstrated to meet Air Force requirements in an extreme environment. Under this Phase I project, we would characterize a new technique for optics mounting which we expect to lead to improved robustness and manufacturability of lasers. This technique is electrical resistance spot-welding. We have rec ...

Hard-target weapons currently in development or being considered by DoD include a variety of ground-, ship-, and air-based target penetrators. The lethality of many of these systems are critically dependent on the ability to maintain geometric stability of the penetrator. A refractory, wear-resistant material may be essential for effective sand and earth ballistic penetrators. However, the ne ...