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An innovative, new seeker gimbal design featuring “drop in” integration into the missile tube. Transporting, warehousing, and other aspects of logistical support is aided by its innovative and rugged design. A major improvement over traditional gimbals that require “ship within a bottle” assembly techniques. Most gimbals require interior brackets bolted into the missile tube before the fra ...

Utron Kinetics proposes to develop high temperature advanced ceramic based composites of R-NZP, and Nano-Zirconia based advanced composites and their functional composites in near net shape geometries using UTRON's innovative, compact and cost-effective High Pressure Combustion Driven Powder Compaction (CDC) manufacturing technology. A 300 Ton or 400 Ton CDC Press will be used for the proposed wo ...

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The current propulsion and power requirements for small unmanned air systems (UAS) are limited by the power density of current battery chemistries (e.g, Lithium Ion). The roadmap to improve endurance relies on transition to fuel cells for UAS that are have high energy-density, such as gaseous hydrogen. However, current storage technologies are heavy, bulky and expensive which lead to less capable ...

The space surveillance community needs lightweight, large aperture optical systems that can be quickly adapted to new or changing requirements - agile response. Large aperture systems require large, very precise, very stable, ground testable opticalsurfaces. Current technologies provide these qualities only using massive glass mirrors that require years of expensive specialized manufacture. We pro ...

"We propose to design an innovative modular heavy lift system readily configured and optimized for aircraft/mission requirements. The dual winch system will be capable of lifting up to 22 ton of cargo at 60 ft/min, and stabilize the load for flight. Wewill identify all possible configurations and evaluate the risks and tradeoffs of each configuration. We will define a preliminary design for a m ...

THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF THIS RESEARCH IS TO ESTABLISH A DESIGN FOR A LIGHTWEIGHT, 25 HP, DIESEL FUEL ENGINE THAT WILL PROVIDE GOOD FIELD PERFORMANCE, INCLUDING LOW TEMPERATURE STARTING. ADDITIONAL OBJECTIVES ARE TO PROVIDE A HIGH POWER-TO-WEIGHT RATION, A QUIET AND COOL EXHAUT, IMPROVE EFFICIENCY AND MULTI-FUEL OPERATION. THE PROPOSED APPROACH WILL IDENTIFY REQUIRED MODIFICATIONS TO THE MIGRATING ...

New high performance materials, seamed with novel bonding methods, combined with advanced aerodynamic designs, will be employed to develop lighter, more compact parachutes and paragliders, with improved aerodynamic performance and stability.