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Development of new algorithms for improved tracking of MTI data from airborne standoff platforms can be enabled by exploiting additional information extracted from multi-mode radar including both SAR image information and MTI. MTI radar is being increasingly used for tactical battlefield surveillance and several new Systems are reaching ICC which will provide continuous wide area surveillance. T ...

In order to remain competitive in today's global marketplace, U.S. manufacturers are constantly striving to hold tighter and tighter tolerances on the parts that they produce. What this means is that the manufacturer needs to better control the machines that they use, and in order to do that they need an instrument that can quickly and easily characterize the geometric properties of the machines ...

A Phase I project to design and demonstrate the concept of a "high-speed laser scanning technology for the measurement" and reporting of the small fire arm scoring. Accuracy of the measurement is +/- 1 mm over an area of 30'x30' with a projectile velocity of up to 1,550 meter/second. The results of the Phase I program will provide crucial design guidelines for the construction of a full brassboa ...

A need to control the fugitive emissions of hazardous vapors, volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) has been identified in operations at Army plants and depots. The High Mesa Technologies (HMT)/Coyote Aerospace team proposes to meet this need using proven silent discharge plasma (SDP) techniques, developed by the Electric Power Research Institute and Los Alamos Nat ...

DACCO SCI, INC. proposes a Phase I SBIR program to develop an affordable sensor system to monitor the health or condition of infrastructure. Although the selection of sensors will depend on the particular infrastructure being monitored, it is anticipated that in-situ corrosion sensors will be coupled with fiber optic and/or acoustic sensors. The corrosion sensor is capable of monitoring corrosio ...

Information on the effect of long term dormant storage is essential for making correct parts selection and design decisions for next generation strategic programs of particular concern is the effect of exposure to elevated temperature and humidity, which may produce more corrosion in stored devices than in operating devices where power dissipation reduces moisture condensation. An accelerated age ...

Building on high sensitivity sensor systems that are only now emerging from the ultraquiet world of DoD Anti-Submarine-Warfare, Active Signal Technologies and Empirical Technologies have joined forces as ICP Technologies to prototype a small, lightweight, non-invasive ICP monitoring system capable of clearly discriminating trauma induced pressure elevation. In cooperation with the Neurosciences g ...

This project will develop innovative technology and architecture to support the design of decision aids capable of accumulating diverse experiences, integrating inputs from disparate sources, and then applying this knowledge to suggest a course of actions in new complex situations, even when presented with incomplete and uncertain data. The new technology is derived from a model of the nervous sy ...

Members of the genera Rickettsia and Ehrlichia are obligately intercellular, arthropod-borne bacteria which are distributed either worldwide or in defined geographic areas. Several are human pathogens; the severity of infection ranges from inapparent to fatal. Initiation of preventive measures and appropriate treatment depend on awareness of the infectious agent's prevalence within a given regio ...

Infections with Strongyloides stercoralis and Hookworms are endemic in tropic and subtropical areas of the world. These infections are a risk factor for U.S. troop operations. Often infections are asymptomatic and can be devastating to immunocompromised individuals. Detection has followed traditional routes of fecal and duodenal exams. These techniques lack sensitivity and specificity in tha ...