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"This Phase I SBIR project will develop an innovative, high-performance, secure processing architecture for system-on-a-chip (SoC) devices used in defense electronics systems. Athena's security technology will integrate compression and encryption, andenable end-to-end secure processing in advanced defense systems, providing significantly improved tampering and reverse engineering resistance when c ...

"The goal of the present Phase 1 proposal is introducing nonlinear optical technologies for controlling light beams in complex optical structures, including fiber optics interconnects and switches. We will revisit and gain further insight into the processesof laser beam interaction with liquid crystals proving that novel materials have matured those processes for modern applications. Operation of ...

"Thermal batteries are mission-critical components utilized in virtually every weapon system. Thermal batteries require four types of pellets that comprise the energy-producing portion of the battery. These include: (1) anode pellets, composed of Li(Si)alloy and electrolyte salt, (2) cathode pellets, consisting of either FeS2 or CoS2 and electrolyte salt, (3) separator pellets, consisting of MgO ...

"Thermal batteries are a mission-critical component utilized in virtually every weapon system. Four types of pellets comprise the energy-producing portion of a thermal battery. These include: (1) anode pellets, composed of Li(Si) alloy and electrolytesalt, (2) cathode pellets, consisting of either FeS2 or CoS2 and electrolyte salt, (3) separator pellets, consisting of MgO and electrolyte salt an ...

"Low-resistance high-surface-area electrodes, and tunable potential window through band gap tuning of electrode materials are key to achieving high performance capacitors. We have synthesized ordered intrinsically conducting polymers with high surface areaand copper-like conductivity using a proprietary process. Our assessment in this feasibility study, through extensive characterization of numero ...

"There are three important parameters in the design of an IR window shielding layer: shielding effectiveness in the electromagnetic interference (EMI) and radar frequency range, mid-infrared (IR) transmissivity through the shielding layer, and durability ofthe shielding layer. To ensure effectiveness and reliability, the design of the shielding layer has to take these three parameters into account ...

"Laserdyne Labs has developed several processes to apply laser technology to manufacturing tasks typically conducted by using mechanical equipment. In the emerging SOI (Silicon on Insulator) field, a present technology (Smart-Cutr) uses a layer of Hydrogenimplanted in the silicon lattice to generate a splitting region between host and handle wafer. The current process is using thermal annealing in ...

"This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I project deals with a unique true time delay photonic beamforming technology applicable to BMDO TMD and NMD radar program activities such as the PATRIOT Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) missile system, Navy AreaWide AEGIS/Standard Missile System, and the Theater High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) System. This beamformer uses solid-state optical device t ...

"The overall objective of the proposal is to develop the technology of production of robust filters with adjustable transmittance based on the phase Bragg gratings in photo-thermo-refractive (PTR) glass. This glass is a very promising photosensitive mediumfor volume holograms because it has excellent response at any spatial frequencies up to ~10000 mm-1, large spectral window from 300 to 4000 nm, ...

"Future spacecraft military electronics will require two-phase thermal management systems to maintain appropriate operating temperatures. Thermal control systems such as heat pipes, pumped loops, heat pumps, etc. are systems being considered for thisapplication. In order for these thermal control systems to be compact and low-mass, new high performance working fluids are desired with suitable th ...