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INCREASES IN SOLAR CELL EFFICIENCY CAN BE ACHIEVED WITH TANDEM MULTI-JUNCTION STRUCTURES TO IMPROVE THE PERFORMANCE AND SCALE OF SPACE PHOTOVOLTAIC CONCENTRATORS. THE "TOP SOLAR CELL" TANDEM APPROACH COULD INCREASE ENERGY CONVERSION EFFICIENCY BY AS MUCH AS 100%. A SELF-SUPPORTING ALUMINUM-GALLIUM-ARSENIDE (ALGAAS) TOP SOLAR CELL IS BEING DEVELOPED FOR MECHANICAL ATTACHMENT TO A SILICON CONCENTRAT ...

THE INTENT OF THIS PHASE I PROPOSAL IS TO DETERMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF USING A LIQUID STIRLING CYCLE, ALSO KNOWN AS A MALONE CYCLE, AS A NON-VAPOR COMPRESSION AC PLANT FOR POTENTIAL SHIPBOARD USE. THE PHASE I EFFORT WILL CONCENTRATE ON THEORETICAL MODELING OF, AND DETERMINATION OF ALTERNATIVE WORKING FLUIDS FOR, THE MALONE HEAT PUMP IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THE OPTIMUM DESIGN PARAMETERS FOR SUCH A CY ...

ABSTRACT: After a certain amount of service time, many aircraft components need to be cleaned and the coatings on those parts need to be stripped. Prior to the chemical cleaning and stripping processes, those parts are routinely examined by inspectors to locate the part numbers and find their matches on a list. Such a visual inspection process is not only time consuming, but also prone to human er ...

ANTIMATTER CONTAINS THE HIGHEST RATIO OF ENERGY STORAGE PER UNIT MASS OF ANY SUBSTANCE KNOWN TO MAN. WHEN ANTIMATTER COMES INTO CONTACT WITH NORMAL MATTER IT COMPLETELY ANNIHILATES, WITH ITS MASS CONVERTED INTO ENERGY ACCORDING TO THE FORMULA E=MC2. THE ENERGY RELEASED IN THE ANNIHILATION MAY PROVE USEFUL AS A FUTURE SOURCE OF POWER FOR APPLICATIONS REQUIRING HIGH POWER DENSITY FUEL SOURCES, SUCH ...

This effort will perform a full evaluation of the state of the art in additive manufacturing and how do you create a multimaterial supported process that is truly integrated. This involves understanding of the issues and the identification of the gaps to get to a fully printed munition. Including software that can integrate mechanical models with electrical ones. How do you integrate multimaterial ...

CRC PROPOSES A DESIGN STUDY TO APPLY TWO DEVELOPMENTAL WRAP-AROUND FIN (WAF) TECHNIQUES TO AIR FORCE GUIDED MUNITIONS. THESE FLEXIBLE WAF DESIGNS DIFFER FROM CONVENTIONAL WAF'S IN THAT THEY BECOME STRAIGHT WHEN DEPLOYED. AS A RESULT THEY AVOID THE UNDERSIRABLE (AND DIFFICULT TO PREDICT AND TO MEASURE) AERODYNAMIC PROPERTIES OF CURVED WAF'S. MOST DESIGNERS OF GUIDED MUNITIONS HAVE AVOIDED WAF'S BEC ...

When imaging over long distances, atmospheric turbulence between the camera and subject degrades the collected data limiting the effective resolution, regardless of the quality of the optic and sensor used. This reduction in image quality can have serious impacts on the ability to carry out missions by reducing situational awareness and preventing target identification. EM Photonics has been worki ...

A REMOTE PERISCOPE IS PROPOSED THAT CAN BE DEPLOYED FROM A SUBMARINE. THE DEVICE REPLICATES THE FUNCTIONS OF A CONVENTIONAL PERISCOPE WHILE MAINTAINING ITS UNIQUE FEATURES. PRELIMINARY REQUIREMENTS ON THE NEW DEVICE HAVE BEEN SET. THE DEVICE SHOULD RISE TO ABOUT 4 M ABOVE THE WATERLINE FOR VIEWING OVER WAVES. THE RANGE SHOULD BE GREATER THAN 10 KM. THE PERFORMANCE AT RANGE SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT TO ...

AnSER will provide a suite of web APIs to integrate with the DTIC document search interface(s), delivering train-of-thought searching and identifying other collection data of relevance using maps of related terms. AnSER will interface with DTICs data store(s) to retrieve collection data of relevance for display This technology will be matured to enhance the search and retrieval of information thr ...