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THE NAVY HAS IDENTIFIED A NEED FOR AN IMPROVED TECHNOLOGY TO PROVIDE CONTROL OF PARTICULATE AND GASEOUS CONTAMINANTS TO PROTECT SHIPBOARD PERSONNEL AND EQUIPMENT. THE NEW SYSTEM SHOULD BE A NON-BARRIER TYPE FILTRATION DEVICE WITH THE FOLLOWING CHARACTERISTICS: VERY LOW PRESSURE DROP, REQUIRE LITTLE MAINTENANCE, BE INSENSITIVE TO CHANGES IN AMBIENT CONDITIONS SUCH AS TEMPERATURE, PRESSURE, AND MOIS ...

THIS PROJECT PROPOSES AN ADVANCED COMPOSITE, MODULAR ENCLOSURE FOR FUTURE NAVY INTERCOOLED RECUPERATED (ICR) GAS TURBINE ENGINES. THE ENCLOSURE ENVISIONED BY ADVANCED COMPOSITE TECHNOLOGY, INC (ACT) WILL BE COMPOSED OF AN OUTER STRUCTURAL COMPOSITE SHELL (SCS) WITH AN INTERNAL FLEXIBLE PROTECTIVE SHROUD (PS). THE MODULAR CONCEPT WILL ALLOW EASY REMOVAL AND ACCESS TO THE ENGINE FOR INSPECTION, MAIN ...

THIS PROJECT WILL PROVIDE THE NAVY WITH A LOW-COST FIBER OPTIC ENHANCEMENT TO THE "STANDARD" COMPOSITE PROPULSION SHAFTS IT PROPOSES FOR FUTURE SHIPS. THIS ENHANCEMENT WILL PROVIDE THREE SPECIFIC ADVANTAGES. FIRST, IT WILL PROVIDE A MEANS OF QUALITY CONTROL THROUGH THE SCIENTIFIC MONITORING OF THE THICK WALL COMPOSITE DURING MANUFACTURE. SECOND, IT WILL PROVIDE A MEANS OF "REAL-TIME" MONITORING OF ...

USE OF DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING IN NAVY SYSTEMS IS INCREASING. DISTRIBUTED OPERATING SYSTEMS (DOS) PROVIDE THE ADVANTAGES OF DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING TO USER APPLICATIONS. REQUIREMENTS FOR REALTIME PERFORMANCE, RELIABILITY/FAULT TOLERANCE, AND SECURITY MUST BE ADDRESSED BY A DOS. APPLICATION OF DOS TECHNOLOGY IS A COMPLICATED TASK. A KNOWLEDGE-BASED ASSIST WILL FACILITATE THE USE OF DISTRIBUTEDOPERATING ...

THE PURPOSE OF THE PHASE I PROGRAM IS TO CONDUCT A SURVEY OF THE STATE OF THE ART OF IMPULSE RADAR TECHNOLOGY AND ITS APPLICABILITY TO U.S. NAVY PROBLEMS. ANRO PROPOSES TO CONDUCT BOTH A THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL STUDY BY USING AN EXISTING SHORT RANGE IMPLUSE RADAR, DEVELOPED UNDER A CURRENT DNA SBIR PROGRAM FOR INTRUSION DETECTION, AS A BASELINE MODE FOR EVALUATING DIFFERENT INNOVATIONS. UNDER ...

THE OVERALL GOAL OF PHASE I AND PHASE II IS TO DEVELOP SOFTWARE THAT WILL FIND THE OPTIMAL SIZE AND SHAPE OF MARB DESIGNS ACCORDING TO USER DEFINED DESIGN CRITERIA. PHASE I WILL SHOW THE FEASIBILITY OF MARB SHAPE DESIGN OPTIMIZATION BY COMBINING A GEOMETRIC MODELER, OPTIMIZATION SOFTWARE, AND FREE-FORM DEFORMATION WITH AN ANALYSIS MODULE. THE PHASE I ANALYSIS MODULE WILL CONTAIN AERODYNAMICS AND I ...

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AEL WILL EVALUATE VARIOUS CARNOT CYCLE HEAT ENGINES (DYNAMIC CONVERTERS) AS WELL AS ELECTROCHEMICAL ENERGY CONVERTERS APPLICABLE TO SMALL SUBMERSIBLES OR AUV'S OVER THE POWER RANGE OF 20 TO 50 KW, WITH SYSTEM ENDURANCES OF 2 TO 10 MWH. THE SUCCESSFUL INTEGRATION OF THE ENERGY CONVERTERS, FUEL AND EXHAUST SUBSYSTEMS STARTS WITH PRECISE REQUIREMENTS DEFINITION, WHICH IS DERIVED FROM MISSION ANALYSES ...

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