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In both the commercial and military electronics markets, there is a continuing trend to reduce size, weight, and overall equipment costs, while at the same time increasing functionality and improving reliability of the electronic circuitry. Integrated circuit manufacturers have addressed this need by integrating greater functionality directly onto the silicon chips, thus yielding the System-on-Chi ...

A flameless personal water heater will be developed that is capable of heating small individual volumes of water for meal preparation, sanitation, or hygiene. The heater will react air and JP-8 in an enclosed flow path and transfer the heat generated to water. The device will be packaged into an immersion-style heater. The heater will come with a matching cup, but it will fit any generic insulate ...

Next generation EO/IR Nanosensors are needed for a variety of Military Systems Applications. These include UV, Visible, NIR, SWIR, MWIR and LWIR bands. Magnolia as part of the proposed Phase II SBIR Program plans to design, model and develop carbon nanostructures based detector array for next generation multicolor IR imaging applications. The key components of the Program will include evaluating ...

The SHOT Automated Shipboard Dishwashing System will provide users an automatic dishwashing and sortation system. The SHOT ASDS solution is a robust, modular drop-in solution that can either interface with existing dishwashing systems or can include a dishwasher/dryer tailored for the specific application. The SHOT ASDS will provide friendly system interfaces for the user to tailor the automation ...

Developing a multi-fuel capable burner with an electronic controls subsystem for Stirling engines and other technologies represents an opportunity offers useful flexibility for transitional power sources (400W to 2 kW). TIAX has developed and improved during the Phase I program a burner capable of burning gaseous fuels or liquid fuels to power a 500 W Stirling engine. During the Phase I, the bur ...

The objective of this project is to develop minimal data density and interpolation tools capable of handling a huge volume of Geospatial Information & Services (GI&S) survey data. These tools will be integrated into the Optimal Planning, Estimation and Resource Allocation (OPERA) software to be developed in Phase 2 that can automatically (1) estimate seabed statistical properties from reconnaissan ...

Triton Systems, Inc. proposes to develop an autonomous, self-powering, biomimetic sonobuoy. This buoy will incorporate state of the art energy scavenging techniques, innovative station keeping and buoyancy control mechanisms, and low power electronics to create a stealthy, long endurance sonobuoy. The buoy is designed for extended usage as a node in a sensor network. In Phase I, Trion evaluated ...

Future military satellite fiber optic systems require a matrix optical switch for reconfigurability. But to date, no MEMS based switch has been able to withstand the harsh shock and vibration environment of space. Agiltron, Inc., an experienced manufacturer of aerospace qualified optical switches, proposes to realize a new MEMS-based fiber-optic matrix switch capable of vastly improved performance ...

Triton System Inc.’s fiber reinforced metal technology has demonstrated a significant improvement in wear resistance over 9310 carburized steel and beryllium copper. In screen fret wear testing, fiber reinforced aluminum (FRA) outperformed baseline materials while offering significant weightsavings. For example, a one-to-one insertion of FRA technology into CH53K gearbox liners enables a 56pou ...

A world-record 250 Watt multicore fiber laser will be demonstrated with a single, diffraction-limited lobe both in the near field and in the far field. The coherent coupling of the independent cores will be achieved using a monolithic Self-Fourier (SF) cavity which will be directly fusion-spliced onto the output end of the multicore fiber. The phase locking of the multiple cores occurs natural ...