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"This Phase II proposal addresses the hardware implementation of a sensor/radar transmitting a target-matched adaptive packet signal (MAP) defined over the time and frequency domains and permitting ultrahigh resolution, high signal-to-noise andclutter-reduced detection of designated targets. The goal of the proposal is to modify the subcontractor's, Raytheon's, testbed and demonstrate selective i ...

"This Phase II project continues the development of an ew method of photovolatic power generation based on thin-films of conducting polymers in combination with carbon fullernes and nanotubes. Using ionic self-assenbled monolayer (ISAM) techniques, it ispossible to create ultrathin films of photovoltaic material that can be applied to flexible transparent substrates to generate electricity. Luna ...

"The purpose of the proposed Army Phase II program is to develop and commercialize novel tissue solders based on a biodegradable copolymer system that contains a controlled degree of acrylate-terminated photoactive branch sites. This will result in aprocess that, with the addition of a biocompatible and non-toxic photosensitizer /electron donor initiating system, will rapidly cure from a viscous l ...

In response to the technological advancements made by BMDO, the electronics and communication industries need for efficient interconnecting devices, capacitors and substrates in the next generation defense missiles, hand held devices and electronicpackaging, ACM proposes to further develop its Fibrous Monolith technology to include electronic materials. ACM proposes to develop Fibrous Monolith el ...

The trend toward replacement of highly toxic chemicals with less hazardous alternatives has created the demand for replacement of chromate conversion coatings for corrosion protection of aluminum alloys. Aluminum alloys are the predominate structural material used in aircraft because of their high strength-to-weight ratios, affordability and processability. Aluminum is subject to catastrophic fail ...

The proposed effort will apply advanced methods of hybrid learning to problems of detection and identification of sensory events (e.g., boost phase evens). Our approach aims at building a vision system capable of hybrid learning, in which symbolic (rule-based) and subsymbolic (neural network) strategies are integrated to achieve high efficiency and accuracy both in learning human comprehensible se ...

This SBIR program would develop practical methods for the interconnection, addressing and control of large numbers of distributed MEMS-based sensing and actuation elements using optical fiber multiplexing techniques. Such interconnected sensor/actuator arrays have immediate and long-term applications in the instrumentation and control of adaptive aircraft, spacecraft and hydrocraft structures, fl ...

Microwave Technologies Incorporated is proposing the development of a very compact radio-frequency (rf) electron beam accelerator which appears to be well-suited for BMDO's directed energy applications. This novel concept employs a single short rf cavity operating in circular polarization to accelerate a low-energy ma ~netized pencil beam to energies that range from 2 to 10 MeV. The proposed accel ...

The very high cost of forming finished parts from advanced engineering ceramics severely limits their widespread use. Superplastic forming can help address this technology barrier. Unfortunately, until recently, nothing could be done to induce superplasticity in ceramics. This program will utilize recent breakthroughs that now reproducibly suggest the potential of superplastic forming. It is ant ...

The world wide communications infrastructure is undergoing dramatic revision, with optic fiber providing virtually limitless bandwidth, and wireless communication connecting increasingly mobile users to that fiber backbone. However, cost-effective evolution to an information-rich society will require strong standardization of wireless communication technology. The United States gave birth to the ...