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The Kneeboard must operate robustly and efficiently in disjointed environments at multiple security levels and with multiple IO streams. It is therefore a task that calls for a fresh start, away from the one-armed paperhanger model of handheld device design. Space Sciences Corporation arrives at this task with several unique abilities and pieces of IP which make the fresh start possible. Our appro ...

Spectroscopic measurement of gases in combustors is notoriously difficult due to constraints imposed by severe operating conditions, including high temperatures and pressures, vibration, soot, limited optical access, and acoustic noise. Nevertheless, these kinds of measurements can provide critical information on the combustion processes occurring and are critical toward understanding the chemical ...

XL Scientific submits this proposal to develop a computational electromagnetic (CEM) software simulation toolkit. We are a recently-formed R&D company whose staff have maintained close relationships with the Electrical and Computer Engineering departments at several universities. These connections allow us to remain aware of and to apply the results of recent research in CEM simulation technology ...

Modern carbon-fiber reinforced composites are superior in strength-to-weight ratio over most metal alloy materials. One major problem, however, is the susceptibility of composites to micro fractures and fatigue failure. Because composites cannot be annealed to eliminate stress risers, great care has to be taken during manufacture to avoid creating such. The US Navy is soliciting proposals for new ...

In the Phase I effort, we developed a detailed design of a DM capable of meeting the solicitation requirements. In the Phase II effort, we propose to develop manufacturing techniques for realizing this DM and testing it against the program goals.

Adaptive optics are needed for high-energy laser (HEL) weapon systems when performance is limited by atmospheric turbulence. This typically requires adding an illuminator laser to produce a beacon by reflection from the target surface. Since a small spot is needed, the laser must be projected from the main aperture, complicating the optical design. With this type of beacon, performance is often de ...

MZA partnered with the University of Notre Dame proposes to transition our computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modeling of aero-optical disturbances, beam control development, and wave-optics system modeling from rotary wing aircraft to the transonic fligh

The nuclear weapons community has traditionally focused on the next generation or level of weapon capability complimented by gathering and analysis of actual test data. Now, with the cessation of actual weapons testing, there is an increased need to use the actual test data in modeling techniques to better understand the phenomenology and potential effects of nuclear weapons. The first phase of ...

Warhead design calculations and weapons effectiveness estimates require a methodology to predict structural response and the associated damage to air targets from reactive munitions. The objectives for the proposed Phase I study effort are to develop candidate launch conditioning, reaction initiation and reaction rate methodology, to incorporate existing ballistic, blast and quasi-static pres ...

Turbulence of gas flows by its very nature is one of the most difficult things to model and measure. We propose to develop a new way of measuring the turbulence and to compare these measurements to predictions using the k-epsilon model. Typical measurements, in the past, use smoke, Schlierin or shadow graph techniques to visually infer turbulence characteristics. These features are either motio ...