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ABSTRACT: Analytic Design Laboratories (ADL) proposes power tools for software Nuclear Safety Cross-Check Analysis (NSCCA). NSCCA exists because there is a vital concern that a nuclear weapon system not do certain things. For example, a nuclear armed missile shall not launch without proper authorization codes, which is a negative requirement. Under other circumstances, the positive requirement wo ...

ABSTRACT: Analytic Design Laboratories (ADL) proposes methodology development and power tools for hardware Nuclear Safety Cross-Check Analysis (NSCCA). NSCCA of hardware needs methodology development because it is a new discipline. It needs new tools because existing tools supporting software NSCCA do not address all of the issues the hardware NSCCA needs to evaluate. BENEFIT: Given that hardw ...

A chemical threat agent mode of action is often initiated through a selective interaction with a biological molecule or structure. The agent binding mimics normal cellular processes, but then overruns natural control mechanisms leading to toxic and even lethal effects. The binding may be used as a basis for sensing the agent. By exploiting the native binding mechanism, a sensing element can be des ...

Thermal batteries are single discharge reserve batteries that provide very long shelf life, minimal self-discharge, wide storage temperature range, fast activation under sudden power demand, and also wide range of temperature operating conditions. Such unique properties among electrochemical power systems are provided with application of molten salt electrolyte, which is in solid form under normal ...

ABSTRACT: The Air Force has struggled for years to effectively evaluate the reliability of its fielded repairable assemblies and systems. This SBIR Topic sets aside the metrics and analytical methods currently used to make reliability dependent forecasts of future demands and repair parts. It seeks to find more appropriate tools and techniques that provide a capability for analysis of usage and ...

MagiCom proposes to provide a wideband, highly reliable, survivable, high speed, in-flight communications system for communications between fire control and interceptors in an operational fading channel environment using an adaptive and reconfigurable software defined modem concept.Approved for Public Release 14-MDA-7739 (18 March 14).

Missiles, use electro-explosive devices (EEDs) to perform mulitple functions during operation. This effort seeks ways to improve on the EED"s reliability and lower the failure or inadvertent activation rate of these devices. During Phase I, SEA CORP investigated replacing EEDs with commercial off the shelf (COTS) automotive airbag inflators to perform the required pneumatic functions of variou ...

Existing sensors and algorithms have the potential for protecting Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGVs) from impending collisions, rollovers, and loss of control and for warning and assisting drivers of manned vehicles of these same potential occurrences. However, more effort is needed to develop, refine, and combine existing methods so they are reliable and run in real-time on real hardware. In this ph ...