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Pure oxygen is required in many medical applications including ventilation, anesthesia and refilling oxygen bottles. Forward Resuscitative Surgical System (FRSS) requires medical grade oxygen on demand in expeditionary environments. Although compressed oxygen bottles can provide this medical grade oxygen, the logistics associated with the constant supply of filled bottles makes it un-sustainable a ...

The proposed work extends ongoing RDRTec maritime classification aids (MCA) and feature-aided tracking development activities that utilize high range resolution (HRR) and inverse synthetic aperture radar (ISAR) by adding combined feature vectors consisting of the hard body, water wake, air wake, vibration, and rotator features, combined with the estimated vessel activities and behavior. Feasibilit ...

Collision Avoidance (CA) radar systems are required for compliance with the Navys operational requirement for Sense And Avoid (SAA) for Unmanned Aerial Systems (UASs). The Radar Airborne Collision Avoidance System (RACAS) is designed to provide CA capabilities for both Triton and Fire Scout. RACAS total operating frequency extends from 5100 to 5900 MHz with its primary SAA frequency from 5350 to 5 ...

The need for human trainers to role-play the participants with whom a trainee must interact limits the effectiveness of both simulators and part task training (PTT) devices for individuals and small groups. The objective of this research is to design and prove the feasibility of our architecture for speech-enabled, synthetic role-players for a generalized PTT device or simulator for P-8A Tactical ...

A new generation of atomic magnetometers are now becoming available that feature high performance in a package more than an order of magnitude smaller than the systems they replace. The development effort for such small, low-cost sensors has been focused on their implementation on small, disposable UAV platforms that are purpose built for magnetic sensing. The proposed project is designed to bring ...

The goal of this project is to develop processing capabilities for high-strength and ultra-conductive wires to improve power-to-weight ratios and energy efficiency of electrical military systems. The first objective of this Phase I project is to build up quantitative microstructure-property models to guide the development of electrical and thermal conductive carbon nanotubes (CNTs) modified coppe ...

Spencer Industries proposes development, prototyping and test of the Lightweight Aircraft Tiedown to replace the legacy TD-1 device, centering on a new design Tensioner device and utilizing Kevlar/Firetex webbing as the restraint media. The Lightweight Aircraft Tiedown design provides substantial weight reduction (50% of current TD-1 device), enhanced ease of use, improved quality of life and safe ...

Fighter jets use dual starter generators that provide dc power in two channels, and also provide the mechanical power during start mode for starting the propulsion engine. A current application of the dual starter generator has two generator channels each capable of providing 80 kW power at 270 Vdc. This proposal offers application of a different generator technology to support the growing power n ...

The proposed project provides a demonstration of the ability to retrieve refractivity profile information from ungroomed radio signals of opportunity, also known as refractivity from radios or RFR, in an operationally relevant environment using operational radio receiver systems. The overall concept of RFR as originally developed was to monitor friendly, ungroomed tactical radio links and continuo ...

Texas Research Institute Austin, Inc. (TRI/Austin) is developing a lithium-ion battery module that will manage individual cell thermal runaways in two ways. The active management path will be to monitor the internal temperature of the cell and remove the cell from the charging/discharging circuit if anode or cathode temperatures exceed specified temperatures. Removal from the charging/discharging ...