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The objective of the proposed Phase-II research effort is to build and deliver a hyperspectral sensor to perform velocity, temperature, pressure, and H2O concentration measurements at the end of a detonation tube and the exhaust of a detonation-powered turbine at a rate of 50 kHz. These measurements will help quantify the efficiencies of detonation-powered devices. High-speed measurements of tem ...

Development of high-grazing-angle radar signal processing techniques that employ a long integration time approach with a pulse agile beam that can be used to reliably detect, identify and discriminate maritime targets. This project will produce a proof-of-concept that demonstrates the feasibility of using radar data coupled with advanced image analysis to detect moving submerged submarines. HMC ha ...

The objective of the proposed work is to further develop the erosion-resistant damping coating technology to Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 5 & 6 and to demonstrate TRL 5 & 6 by testing a coated IBR via a bench test and by testing in a relevant environment engine test, respectively. The efforts will be carried out by a team of investigators at Herman Advanced Engineering and several other instit ...

information) During Phase I the Torch Technologies developed, demonstrated, and assessed the feasibility of an innovative, real-time multi-layered CW sensor data fusion network capability supporting advanced standoff detection and early warning against CB threats. Torch merged two significant technologies that we developed for the Department of Defense: 1) the ACRES CW multi-sensor data fusion t ...

We propose to implement a platform based on the .NET Micro Framework (MF) for mote-scale Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) and Active Tag Networks (ATNs). The resulting middleware would significantly simplify the development of applications on these systems, both by providing a hardware-independent, high-level, development environment and by providing standard implementations for essential services ...

The objective of this research effort is to develop a 3-D tomographic reconstruction strategy along with user-friendly software for providing spatially and temporally resolved temperature and H2O concentration data cubes in augmentor flow fields at rate of 50 kHz. This strategy model will be validated in a laboratory turbulent flame and demonstrated in the augmentor test-rig at Air Force Research ...

The proposed effort will demonstrate the feasibility of developing a high resolution propagation loss map through the observation of signals of opportunity (either cooperative or non-cooperative). The propagation loss map that results will characterize key propagation features in a geographical area, so that coverage and propagation modes for RF emitters can be evaluated in support of operational ...

There is no Sense and Avoid (SAA) solution for small UAS such as Scan Eagle, Raven, or BATMAV, which represent by far the greatest number of UAS. Equipping small UAS with SAA capability is problematic, mainly due to the very small size, weight and power (SWAP) resources available. The SAA system must compete for critical SWAP resources with fuel and payload sensors. Small, low-power EO and sens ...

In Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) 61% of soldiers injured in explosion blast events experienced Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). The current incomplete understanding of TBI mechanisms limits the development of protection and therapeutic measures. Animal testing, in vitro study, and analysis of clinical data, while useful and necessary, are slow, expensive, and often inconclusive. Anatomy and physiolog ...

Current modeling of Lunar and Martian soil erosion and debris transport caused by rocket plume impingement lacks essential physics from the peculiar granular characteristics of highly irregular regolith particles. Current granular mechanics models are based on mono-disperse spherical particles empiricism unsuitable for capturing the poly-disperse irregularly shaped grain mechanics. CFDRC and the U ...