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The Acoustech Corporation as the prime contractor and the Pennsylvania State University - Applied Research Labc-atory as the subcontractor propose to design, manufacture, and test an underwater acoustic intensity probe containing a geophone and two-hydrophones encased in a neutrally buoyant package. The results of this proposed effort are anticipated to be highly successful since the researc ...

The goal of this program is to design and fabricate selected liquid rocket engine combustion components. This goal will be accomplished by developing a low-cost, near net-shape technology for fabrication and rapid densification of ablation and oxidation-resistant LRE components for a wide variety of Air Force missions. The material which will be used for this purpose is zirconium diboride/boron ...

The proposed research project is directed at the problem of reducing communications requirements for Situation Awareness Target location by using an optimal Kalman filter to predict target motion, and only communicating data when the target position differs sufficiently from the position predicted by the filter. Our Phase I approach is to quantify the bandwidth limitations of the communications s ...

The capability to transmit digitized reports to rear echelon forces during an ongoing battle is a critical command and control component. However, projections of the amount of digital traffic over transmissions links raise the distinct possibility that the demand for digital information tranmitted across the battlefield will outstrip channel capacity. Being able to reduce the quantity of traffic ...

Development is proposed of a new, rotary form of Stirling cryocooler which offers longer operating life and much lower vibration than reciprocating forms of cryocoolers. The proposed machine has fewer moving parts to wear and can be completely balanced to eliminate vibration in all planes by simple counterweights on the shaft, which is not possible in reciprocating machines. The rotary desi ...

The objective of this proposal is to design and manufacture a hybrid battery between Moltech Corporation cells, which provide long cycle life , high specific energy (300-400 Wh/Kg) and high energy density (300-400 Wh/Kg), with either a high rate lead acid battery or a supercapacitator, which will provide extremely high discharge rate capabilities. The Moltech cell will continuously keep the Pb-H o ...

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