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"We propose to investigate the feasibility of using Avanti's self-aligning kinematic optoelectronic mounts for active 3-D RF/optoelectronic microstructures. We believe the unique benefit of our approach is the precision alignment of optoelectronic devicesfor coupling to the outside world (and layer-to-layer). This unique benefit is coupled with additional benefits of easy manufacturability, direct ...

"New materials and processing techniques are needed to provide a high power storage device for usage in a hybrid electric vehicle (HEV). AVEKA has developed a unique nanophase V205 material that is capable of storing and delivering large amounts of energyin a short period of time. AVEKA will utilize its proprietary coating technology to form a nanocomposite laminate from this material which can ...

"The purpose of this effort is to develop an unattended man-portable or light-mobileRF sensor system to provide ground forces with the capability to detect,intercept, identify, precision locate, and develop targets of both threat voice anddigital communications and non-communications in the millimeter wave frequency radiospectrum. The system will be designed with a wideband scanning capability in ...

"A miniature distributed data acquisition system with it's own wireless local area network (LAN), based on the IEEE 802.11b specification will be developed for airblast and explosion property measurements. This system LAN will operate at up to 11 Mbps andhave the added features of a synchronized clock controlling all of the remote data acquisition recorders. Since all of the recorders are connec ...

"The Army medical community needs a small ruggedized computer for use in combat casualty care and field health support operations. This device must meet the functional needs and requirements of the field medical first responder and be of a rugged naturesufficiently robust to withstand and operate in the severe environmental conditions operationaly encountered. In response to this requirement, Par ...

"Human activity monitoring with a wrist worn instrument, the actigraph, hassuccessfully been used to quantify bulk human activity, and predict macro-quantitiessuch as hr:min of sleep. These devices do not yield information about the underlyingmovement physiology because the simple detection methods ignore important signalcharacteristics. Recently it was demonstrated heart and lung ballistic activ ...

"Noisy enclosures present a problem of great importance to the Army's Command and Control Operations On-the-Move for Future Combat Systems. Examples of these noisy enclosures are Command and Control communications shelters and Vehicles. Fully equippedcommunication shelters are extremely noisy. A unique and effective solution to the noise problem in both fixed and mobile shelters is offered. The ...

"The Rotorcraft Pilot's Associate demonstrated the utility of Cognitive Decision Aiding Systems (CDASs). Unfortunately, the knowledge required to build CDASs is a tremendous hurdle to their de-velopment, fielding and maintenance. In Phase I, we documentedthe largest hurdle to efficient CDAS knowledge management as the `gap' between Knowledge Acquisition (KA) and Software De-velopment (SD). Tech ...

"Despite recent advances in hardware and software tools for modeling and simulation, significant limitations still exist in the ability to quickly create and render geospecific visual terrain databases (TDB's). Existing capabilities to generate terraindatabases are often tied to classified databases that cannot be used for many general-purpose applications. Worldwide coverage can only be provided ...

The objective of this program is to develop an integrated approach to obtaining cooler exhaust temperatures, which has minimal impact on vehicle weight, power, and internal space. There were four technical objectives in Phase I:1.Identify the virtualdesign models and computer prediction software that will be used in the computer design phase of the integrated development program; 2.Identify the h ...