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Current DoD sensor systems employ mechanical bearings in their gimbals to provide slow scan functionality. Mechanical bearings inherently possess a finite life and commonly suffer decreased reliability due to mechanical wear, excessive vibration and inadequate lubrication. The vacuum and temperature extremes of space provide significant technical challenges to these devices in life and pointing ...

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Equity capital markets are unorganized or non-existent in rural areas with most capital directed outward. Emerging growth companies have difficulty obtaining equity capital - precisely the kind of companies that rural America must develop to increase earnings or workers. The key to attracting investment of capital and know-how to rural areas is to create regionally-based organizations capable of c ...

We are proposing an exploratory study to investigate the feasibility of applying innovative fuzzy logic analysis and genetic algorithm technologies to embedded training (ET) and embedded simulation (ES) . We propose to investigate the application of these technologies to optimizing registration of live/virtual objects and generation of information superiority training scenarios. Information supe ...

50815-98-I High Spatial Resolution Optical Sensors for DNAPLs--Dakota Technologies, Inc., 2301 12th Street, North, Suite E, Fargo, ND 58102-1805; (701) 237-4908 Mr. Randy W. St. Germain, Principal Investigator Dr. Gregory D. Gillispie, Business Official DOE Grant No. DE-FG03-98ER82564 Amount: $75,000 Chlorinated organic solvents in the form of dense non-aqueous phase liquids (DNAPLs) continuou ...

During Phase I Dakota Technologies, Inc. (DTI) will demonstrate a fuel leak detection system that is vastly superior to the costly, manpower-intensive techniques currently used in repair, overhaul, and production facilities. The technique uses resonance enhabced multiphoton ionization (REMPI) spectroscopy to test the airspace outside the tank for the presence of certain hydrocarbon constituents o ...

In this Phase I SBIR Program, Exothermics will pursue development of Jaffordable, net shape processing technologies for the fabrication of high Jperformance, continuous fiber ceramic composite (CFCC) solid rocket motor Gcomponents. The feasibility of employing gas phase reaction synthesis L(nitirdation) techniques to produce test coupons of carbon fiber reinforced Czirconium nitride or hafnium nit ...

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A high power load is proposed in TM01 circular waveguide, which utilizes a low Curie Temperature ferrite (garnet material). The specially designed garnet materials would absorb by means of magnetic loss and would be limited to a temperature rise of less than 50 degree C as the magnetic loss would substantially disappear with this temperature rise. Techniques exist for attachment lossy ferrite in ...

A low value by-product of flour milling--midds--shows great potential as a bioprocessing feedstock to produce high protein feed. Phase I research demonstrated ability to upgrade 18% protein midds to 47% protein concentrate, in part, by hydrolyzing hemicellulose to pentose for high protein yeast propagation, instead of leaving it as an inexpensive source of fiber. In the U.S. 224 flour mills produc ...