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INNOVATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TECHNIQUES HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO SOLVE MANY COMPLEX AIR FORCE PROBLEMS. ADVANCES IN COMPUTING SPEED AND EXISTING SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY ALONE ARE UNLIKELY TO RESULT IN REAL-TIME AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS CAPABLE OF MEETING THE COMPLEX REQUIREMENTS OF THE AIR FORCE MISSION. RATHER, AN ALTERNATIVE METHODOLOGY SUCH AS ABDUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY, A NEW TECHNOLOGY PRESENTED IN THIS ...

THE REQUIREMENTS OF SPACE WARFARE DICTATE THE NEED FOR INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES TO SOLVE COMPLEX SPACE OBJECT CLASSIFICATION PROBLEMS. ADVANCES IN COMPUTING SPEED AND EXISTING SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY ALONE ARE UNLIKELY TO RESULT IN A REAL-TIME DISCRIMINATION SYSTEMS CAPABLE OF MEETING THE COMPLEX REQUIREMENTS OF SPACE OBJECT SURVEILLANCE AND CLASSIFICATION. RATHER, AN ALTERNATIVE METHODOLOGY SUCH AS AB ...

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Luna’s novel sensing system will quantify in-flight TPS performance that will enable the development of next generation hypersonic vehicles. Current sensor technology with the ability to capture critical TPS material information, including surface temperatures and ablation data, is currently limited to laboratory testing. Luna’s approach is composed of a high temperature fiber optic and millim ...

The gas turbine engine in the Army Abrams tank is currently experiencing stall or surge related failures of the fourth stage Low Pressure Compressor rotor blades.While all gas turbine compressors run the risk of stalling under non-ideal inlet or operational conditions, the hazard in the Abrams tank is acute as it does not have a system to detect stall and signal the operator or Engine Control Unit ...

The gas turbine engine in the Army Abrams tank, the Honeywell AGT-1500, is currently experiencing stall and surge related failures of the fourth stage Low Pressure Compressor (LPC). These failures require the removal and overhaul of the tank’s powerpack costing the Army up to $200,000 per event. While all gas turbine compressors run the risk of stalling under non-ideal inlet or operational condi ...

Some of the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) greatest concerns are to maintain the pilot’s ability to see clearly and to provide to the aircraft occupants a greater degree of UV rays, laser and ballistic protection than being currently afforded. However, the weight penalty suffered by the installation of current transparent armor systems would require significant loss of payloa ...

Some of the US Army SOCOM greatest concerns are to maintain the helicopter pilot’s ability to see clearly and to provide helicopter windscreens with a greater degree of erosion/abrasion protection than what is being currently afforded. Recent developments on polymer coatings demonstrate the potential to meet and exceed all erosion/abrasion resistance and optical requirements by using plasma depo ...

The objective of this Navy Phase II program is to optimize the electrical conductivity, uniformity, transmission, chemical and abrasion resistance of transparency coatings developed during Phase I. NanoSonic will collaborate with a leading Aeronautics corporation and transparency supplier to upscale and commercialize such coatings. Well defined monodisperse metal nanoparticles will self assemble ...

The total defense related corrosion costs are estimated at $20 billion of the total annual U.S. cost estimates of greater than $300 billion. Much of the costs are associated with the maintenance of metal materials; 20% of the estimated corrosion-related costs involve scraping and repainting steel structures. Because of the staggering costs stemming from corrosion of steel infrastructure, there i ...