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Gallium Nitride is a wide bandgap, highly transparent material with a second order non-linear susceptibility similar to that of LiNbO3 with high thermal conductivity. As such, it is of interest for use as a quasi-phase matching material for several high power nonlinear devices. Kyma Technologies will grow thick (~1mm) periodically oriented GaN crystals using hydride vapor phase epitaxy (HVPE) and ...

Kyma Technologies proposes an innovative approach to grow device-quality single crystal GaN on polycrystalline diamond substrates. The result is a GaN-on-diamond template that can be inserted directly into a GaN FET epi process.

The main goal of Phase II is to validate the Phase I prototype and develop an integrated design and analysis tool for assessing large damage and blends for compressor IBRs on gas turbine engines and other blade systems. This tool will have at its core the automated analytical modeling of as-measured or as-expected airfoil blends for the structural and aero response to the shape change due to blend ...

Kyma will develop and model a modular high rep rate (>100kHz) photoconductive switch using GaN and commercial-off-the-shelf laser diodes. The switch will be designed to switch >1.5kV at >150A in 5-10ns.

While the benefits of utilizing of Expeditionary Airfields (EAFs) by the US military are numerous, there are several challenges regarding maintenance for which there is currently no suitable solution, such as the removal of unwanted paint markings from a previous airfield installation or tire rubber build-up which can adversely impact the nonskid performance. There is an urgent need for a process ...

DNA microarray technology, in combination with statistical and predictive modeling tools, could be used to evaluate thousands of genes against distinct gene expression patterns induced by chemical/biological agents to provide early identification and speed therapeutic intervention. The overall objective of this Phase II effort is to leverage existing public domain resources and commercial tools t ...

Vessels of all types have a limited useful life and must ultimately be dismantled or scuttled as artificial reefs, with wastes properly disposed. The Navy is seeking a means of removing hydrocarbons from inactive ships prior to ship dismantling or sinking as an artificial reef. The Phase I project investigated the use of a biological/mechanical system that was capable of removing free-phase oil w ...

Proposal to access modification of current static transfer switch (STS) product technology for military aircraft operation. High-speed STS in the 120/208 voltage range have been available for government use for several years. However these 60Hz switches will require significant control and packaging modifications for military aircraft installation. Higher Power Engineering (HPE) has significant ...

The Navy is seeking improved capabilities to generate automatically elevation data products and have updatable and retrievable output via an automated advanced tactical terrain database system, supporting the Tomahawk Cruise Missile Program. The envisioned end-to-end solution must be able to process, manage, and/or fuse a variety of inputs, and these include multi-source imagery as well as existin ...

The US Navy seeks improved capabilities to generate automatically 3-D target template data in support of the Tomahawk Cruise Missile Program. Our collective approach herein is divided between: (1) feature generation using enhancements to the IAVO TrueDEM DEM extraction tool and (2) a new high-level system called TrueTemplate that automatically builds 3-D target templates from the TrueDEM feature ...