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Baker Engineering Inc. (BEI) will continue researching advanced technologies to improve Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) engine durability, wear resistance, and strength within critical internal engine components. BEIs expertise in advanced engine development will drive this program to obtain the best possible combination of performance and durability enhancements for UAV engines, while providing an ...

Group 2-3 UAS engines have low mean time between overhauls (MTBOs), often with as little as 200-400 hours before maintenance must be conducted.This leads to significant maintenance cost and logistics tail for deployed operations.Two-stroke piston and rotary engines for Group 2-3 platforms have common maintenance drivers such as carbon fouling, and wear of cylinders, housings and bearings.Phase I r ...

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) engine propulsion reliability is often dominated by failures associated with load bearing, sliding, or rotating components. These durability issues result in frequent overhauls, reducing system availability and increasing operating cost. Overcoming these is dramatically more difficult due to the operating conditions for military applications as well as the major empha ...

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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The development of a comprehensive hearing simulator is proposed. The simulator will be able to receive acoustic stimuli and output the corresponding auditory evoked potentials (AEP) and otoacoustic emissions (OAE). The simulator will have a broad range of applications including training of technical and audiological staff, determining the adequacy of AEP and O ...

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The development of a comprehensive hearing simulator is proposed. The simulator will be able to receive acoustic stimuli and output the corresponding auditory evoked potentials (AEP) and otoacoustic emissions (OAE). The simulator will have a broad range of applications including training of technical and audiological staff, determining the adequacy of AEP and O ...

This project proposes the high precision intelligent sensor based robotic control system to enhance the performance accuracy of a robotics system. The proposed design concept: (1) optimally combines several classes of sensors (e.g. touch, force, proximity, etc.) to improve the path planning and trajectory evaluation (i.e., controlled trajectory enhancement); and (2) innovatively employs multi-lev ...

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The core deliverable associated with this Phase I STTR is a final feasbility report that thoroughly evaluates the proposed use case. This report validates Quidient’s use case to adapt the Quidient Reality® Generalized Scene Reconstruction (GSR) software platform (the Platform) and develop a ‘light-weight’ 3D Scanning Application (the App). The App will generate and use highly-accurate 3D+ r ...

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